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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
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57	57	SENATE BILL 628 By: Stephens
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to conditions of employment; creating
66	66	the Grandfathered Clause Act; providing short title;
67	67	amending 40 O.S. 2021, Section 191, which relates to
68	68	restrictions on examinations; prohibiting medication
69	69	or vaccinations as a condition of continued
70	70	employment by a business entity prior to certain
71	71	date; providing an exception for certain entities;
72	72	providing for noncodification; and declaring an
73	73	emergency.
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77	77	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
78	78	SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law not to be
79	79	codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows:
80	80	This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Grandfathered
81	81	Clause Act”.
82	82	SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 40 O.S. 2021, Section 191, is
83	83	amended to read as follows:
84	84	Section 191. A. It shall be unlawful fo r any person,
85	85	partnership, association, or corporation, either for himself,
86	86	herself, or itself, or in a representative or fiduciary capacity, to
87	87	require any employee or applicant for employment, as a condition of
88	88	employment or continued employment, to subm it to, or take, a
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140	140	physical or medical examination, without providing such examination
141	141	at no cost therefor to such employee or applicant for employment, or
142	142	without furnishing, upon the request of the employee or appl icant
143	143	for employment within thirty (30) d ays after such examination, free
144	144	of charge, to such employee or applicant for employment, a true and
145	145	correct copy, either original or duplicate original, of the
146	146	examiner’s report of such examination. It shall further be unlawful
147	147	for any such person, partn ership, association, or corporation to
148	148	require any employee or applicant for employment to pay, either
149	149	directly or indirectly, any part of the cost of any such
150	150	examination, report, or copy of report. Provided, that the report
151	151	of any physical examination fur nished in accordance with this
152	152	section shall not be made the basis or predicate for any action in
153	153	damages against the physician and surgeon making and furnishing suc h
154	154	report.
155	155	B. It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership,
156	156	association, or corporation, either for him self, herself, or itself,
157	157	or in a representative or fiduciary capacity, to mandate any
158	158	employee as a condition of continued employment to submit to or take
159	159	any vaccination or medication that has received accelerated approval
160	160	from the United States Food and Drug Administration under 21 C.F.R.,
161	161	Part 314, Subpart H or has been approved by the United States Food
162	162	and Drug Administration for less than five (5) years for the
163	163	prevention of COVID-19 and any variant or future variants thereof ;
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215	215	provided, that the provisions of this subsection shall not apply to
216	216	any person, partnership, association, or corporation that is
217	217	required to mandate such vaccination or medication for the
218	218	prevention of COVID-19 and any variant or future variants thereof as
219	219	a condition of receipt of federal funds or as a condition of
220	220	participation in a federal program.
221	221	SECTION 3. It being immediate ly necessary for the preservation
222	222	of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
223	223	declared to exist, by r eason whereof this act shall take effect and
224	224	be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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