PRINTER'S NO. 494
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
471
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY MASTRIANO AND HUTCHINSON, MARCH 25, 2021
REFERRED TO HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, MARCH 25, 2021
AN ACT
Prohibiting the mandatory vaccination of Pennsylvania residents
by the Commonwealth, political subdivisions or as a condition
of employment.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Medical
Freedom Act.
Section 2. Scope.
This act relates to limitations on vaccine requirements.
Section 3. Findings and declarations.
The General Assembly finds and declares:
(1) Every resident in this Commonwealth has the
inalienable right to bodily integrity and should be free from
any threat or compulsion that the individual must receive a
vaccination.
(2) An individual who exercises the right not to be
vaccinated must not be denied any right or privilege of
citizenship.
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(3) Currently this Commonwealth allows for medical and
religious exemptions for immunizations and these rights
should be given to all Pennsylvania residents who do not want
to receive an immunization.
Section 4. Prohibition.
The following apply:
(1) The Commonwealth or a political subdivision of the
Commonwealth, or an agent thereof, may not mandate an
individual in this Commonwealth to receive a vaccination.
(2) A State agency or political subdivision may not
enact or issue a rule, ordinance, order or any similar policy
that would result in an individual being required to submit
to a vaccination.
(3) A State agency or political subdivision, or an agent
thereof, may not take an action which would result in an
individual being required to submit to a vaccination,
including as a condition of employment, access to education,
the ability to travel, entry to a public place or contracting
with a State agency or political subdivision.
(4) A vaccination offered by the Commonwealth as part of
a mass vaccination effort may only be provided to
individuals who consent to receiving the vaccination, without
coercion, after receiving full information of all known
ingredients, risks and benefits prior to the vaccination.
(5) Employers are prohibited from taking any adverse
employment action against an individual who declines a
vaccination, including, but not limited to, termination,
suspension, involuntary reassignment, unpaid leave, demotion,
harassment or coercion. If an employer violates the
provisions of this paragraph, an aggrieved employee shall
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have the right apply for and receive unemployment benefits.
(6) An individual may not be discriminated against,
denied entrance, service, the ability to purchase goods or
receive medical care or to participate for refusal to accept
a vaccination.
(7) A citizen may not be forced or coerced to sign a
vaccination declination waiver that is condemning, self-
incriminating or does not properly express the citizen's
beliefs.
Section 5. Notice.
If the Commonwealth or a political subdivision, or an agent
thereof, recommends an individual receive a vaccination, the
official or entity shall provide notice that the recommendation
is not mandatory in each oral or written statement made.
Section 6. Effective date.
This act shall take effect immediately.
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