AN ACT relating to blood donation.

Amend KRS 214.452 to add receipt of a COVID -19 vaccine to the blood donor risk factor statement collected by a blood establishment; amend KRS 214.458 to add donor receipt of a COVID-19 vaccine to the donor identification information affixed to a unit of donated blood; add that except in an emergency, a patient be informed if the donor of the blood to be transfused had received a COVID-19 vaccine.

Introduced: February 18, 2025

Last action: February 26, 2025

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This bill would require blood donation centers in Kentucky to ask donors whether they have received a COVID-19 vaccine and record that information on the label of each donated blood unit. It would also require that patients be told, except in emergencies, if blood they are about to receive came from a donor who had a COVID-19 vaccine. Who it may affect: blood donors, patients receiving transfusions, and blood collection organizations operating in Kentucky.

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