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Adjourned sine die. The bill was pending when the session ended, so it did not pass.

Last action · February 26, 2025

To Health Services (H)

Introduced February 18, 2025

House

Adjourned Sine Die

2025 Regular Session

HB646

AN ACT relating to medical products.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216 to define "medical product"; prohibit any a public or government entity or any agency or division thereof, from requiring an individual to take, receive, or disclose whether a medical product has been taken or received, unless the manufacturer of the product is liable for any death or injury caused by the product.

Drugs and Medicines Labor and Industry Local Government Public Health Safety Special Districts State Agencies Cities Public Safety Civil Actions Special Purpose Governmental Entities Counties

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This bill would prevent government entities in Kentucky from requiring anyone to take, receive, or disclose use of a medical product unless the product's manufacturer can be held legally liable for deaths or injuries it causes. It links government mandates involving medical products to the condition that standard legal accountability applies to those products. Who it may affect: Kentuckians subject to government-required medical product disclosures or mandates, and state and local government agencies.

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