Bill Text - SB123 (2021)

(New Title) relative to employer payment of required COVID-19 testing.


Revision: May 26, 2021, 4:06 p.m.

Rep. Infantine, Hills. 13

May 26, 2021

2021-1758h

10/05

 

 

Amendment to SB 123

 

Amend the title of the bill by replacing it with the following:

 

AN ACT relative to employee payment of medical testing and employment requirements for COVID-19.

 

Amend the bill by replacing all after the enacting clause with the following:

 

1  Payment for Medical Testing.  Amend RSA 275:3 by replacing it with the following:

275:3 Payment for Medical Examination, Test, or Records Furnished.  It shall be unlawful for any employer, as defined in RSA 275:4, to require any employee or applicant for employment to pay the cost of a medical examination, test, or the cost of furnishing any records required by the employer as a condition of employment.

2  New Subdivision; COVID-19 Employment Requirements.  Amend RSA 275 by inserting after section 77 the following new subdivision:

COVID-19 Employment Requirements

275:78  COVID-19  Employment Requirements.  

I.  It shall be unlawful for any employer, as defined in RSA 275:4, to require any employee or applicant for employment to have received a COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of employment, unless the vaccination has received final approval from the Federal Drug Administration.

II.  Paragraph I shall not apply to health care providers.

3  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect upon its passage.

2021-1758h

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill prohibits an employer from requiring that an employee or applicant for employment pay the cost of any medical test as a condition of employment.  This bill also  prohibits certain employers from requiring a COVID-19 vaccination that has not received final FDA approval as a condition of employment.