This bill requires a person who collects blood donations for the purpose of providing blood for a blood transfusion to require a blood donor to disclose if the donor has received a COVID-19 vaccination. As used in this bill, "COVID-19" includes any variant of SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19.
If a donor indicates that the donor has received a COVID-19 vaccination, then this bill requires the person collecting the blood donation to label the blood bag conspicuously to indicate that the donor has received a COVID-19 vaccination. However, this provision does not authorize the disclosure of the donor's personal, identifiable information on the blood bag.
This bill authorizes a person in need of a blood transfusion in a nonemergent situation to request blood based on the blood donor's COVID-19 vaccination status. If the particular blood requested by the person is available at the healthcare facility in which the person is receiving care, then the healthcare professional performing the transfusion must use the requested blood.
