| 1 | 1 | | 2025 |
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| 2 | 2 | | STATE OF WYOMING |
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| 3 | 3 | | 25LSO-03761HB0152 |
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| 4 | 4 | | HOUSE BILL NO. HB0152 |
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| 5 | 5 | | Donated blood-mRNA disclosure. |
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| 6 | 6 | | Sponsored by: Representative(s) McCann, Allemand, Angelos, |
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| 7 | 7 | | Heiner, Locke, Ottman, Pendergraft, |
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| 8 | 8 | | Rodriguez-Williams, Smith, S, Styvar and |
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| 9 | 9 | | Wasserburger and Senator(s) Hutchings, |
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| 10 | 10 | | Pearson and Steinmetz |
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| 11 | 11 | | A BILL |
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| 12 | 12 | | for |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1 AN ACT relating to public health and safety; requiring |
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| 14 | 14 | | 2 blood donors to disclose vaccination status as specified; |
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| 15 | 15 | | 3 requiring blood packaging to be marked as specified; |
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| 16 | 16 | | 4 allowing a person who receives a blood transfusion to |
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| 17 | 17 | | 5 request the use of certain blood; providing definitions; |
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| 18 | 18 | | 6 requiring rulemaking; and providing for an effective date. |
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| 19 | 19 | | 7 |
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| 20 | 20 | | 8 |
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| 21 | 21 | | 9 |
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| 22 | 22 | | 10. W.S. 35-4-1101 is created to read: |
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| 23 | 23 | | 11 |
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| 24 | 24 | | 12 ARTICLE 11 |
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| 25 | 25 | | 13 BLOOD DONATIONS AND VACCINATIONS |
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| 26 | 26 | | 14 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-03762HB01521 |
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| 27 | 27 | | 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | 3 |
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| 29 | 29 | | 4 |
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| 30 | 30 | | 5 (a) As used in this chapter: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 6 |
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| 32 | 32 | | 7 (i) "COVID-19" means as defined in W.S. |
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| 33 | 33 | | 8 1-1-141(a)(ii); |
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| 34 | 34 | | 9 |
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| 35 | 35 | | 10 (ii) "Messenger ribonucleic acid vaccine" means |
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| 36 | 36 | | 11 a type of vaccine that uses called messenger ribonucleic |
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| 37 | 37 | | 12 acid to produce an immune response against a disease. |
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| 38 | 38 | | 13 |
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| 39 | 39 | | 14 (b) Any person who collects human blood donations for |
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| 40 | 40 | | 15 the purpose of providing blood for human blood transfusion |
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| 41 | 41 | | 16 shall require blood donors to disclose whether the blood |
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| 42 | 42 | | 17 donor has received a COVID-19 vaccine or a messenger |
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| 43 | 43 | | 18 ribonucleic acid vaccine at any time. |
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| 44 | 44 | | 19 |
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| 45 | 45 | | 20 (c) Blood originating from a donor who has received a |
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| 46 | 46 | | 21 COVID-19 vaccine or a messenger ribonucleic acid vaccine |
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| 47 | 47 | | 22 shall be conspicuously marked on the packaging of the blood |
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| 48 | 48 | | 23 and any paperwork related to the blood. 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-03763HB01521 |
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| 49 | 49 | | 2 (d) In a nonemergency situation, as determined by the |
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| 50 | 50 | | 3 health care provider providing medical services, a person |
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| 51 | 51 | | 4 receiving a blood transfusion shall have the right to |
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| 52 | 52 | | 5 request blood based on whether or not the blood originated |
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| 53 | 53 | | 6 from a person who has received a COVID-19 vaccine or a |
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| 54 | 54 | | 7 messenger ribonucleic acid vaccine, if the requested blood |
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| 55 | 55 | | 8 is available at the facility. |
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| 56 | 56 | | 9 |
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| 57 | 57 | | 10. The department of health shall promulgate |
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| 58 | 58 | | 11 all rules necessary to implement this act. |
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| 59 | 59 | | 12 |
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| 60 | 60 | | 13. This act is effective July 1, 2025 |
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| 61 | 61 | | 14 |
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| 62 | 62 | | 15 (END) |
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