Tennessee Senate bill in Session 114.
Status: in_committee. Latest action: February 12, 2025.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, relative to blood donations.
This bill requires a person who collects blood donations for the purpose of providing blood for a blood transfusion to re quire 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 re quires 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 informatio n 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 heal thcare facility in which the person is receiving care, then the healthcare professional performing the transfusion must use the requested blood."
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-04 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2025-02-12 | Status | in_committee |
| 2025-02-12 | Latest Action | Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee |