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| 4 | 4 | SENATE BILL 828 | |
| 5 | 5 | By Hensley | |
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| 8 | 8 | SB0828 | |
| 9 | 9 | 002789 | |
| 10 | 10 | - 1 - | |
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| 12 | 12 | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, | |
| 13 | 13 | relative to blood donations. | |
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| 15 | 15 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: | |
| 16 | 16 | SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, Chapter 32, Part 1, is amended by | |
| 17 | 17 | adding the following as a new section: | |
| 18 | 18 | (a) A person who collects blood donations for the purpose of providing blood for | |
| 19 | 19 | a blood transfusion shall require a blood donor to disclose if the donor has received a | |
| 20 | 20 | COVID-19 vaccination. | |
| 21 | 21 | (b) | |
| 22 | 22 | (1) If a donor indicates that the donor has received a COVID-19 | |
| 23 | 23 | vaccination, then the person collecting the blood donation must label the blood | |
| 24 | 24 | bag conspicuously to indicate that the donor has received a COVID-19 | |
| 25 | 25 | vaccination. | |
| 26 | 26 | (2) This subsection (b) does not authorize the disclosure of the donor's | |
| 27 | 27 | personal, identifiable information on the blood bag. | |
| 28 | 28 | (c) | |
| 29 | 29 | (1) A person in need of a blood transfusion in a nonemergent situation | |
| 30 | 30 | may request blood based on the blood donor's COVID-19 vaccination status. | |
| 31 | 31 | (2) If the particular blood requested by the person is available at the | |
| 32 | 32 | healthcare facility in which the person is receiving care, then the healthcare | |
| 33 | 33 | professional performing the transfusion shall use the requested blood. | |
| 34 | 34 | (d) As used in this section, "COVID-19" means the same as in ยง 14-1-101(5). | |
| 35 | 35 | SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it. |