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Committee declines to advance bill requiring COVID‑vaccine disclosure and labeling on donated blood after expert testimony
Summary
After hours of testimony from hospitals, blood‑collection organizations and transfusion physicians, the Idaho Senate Health and Welfare Committee voted not to advance House Bill 131, a measure that would have required donors to disclose COVID‑19 mRNA vaccination status and allowed patients to request labeled blood units in nonemergency situations.
The Idaho Senate Health and Welfare Committee heard several hours of testimony on House Bill 131, which would require collection of a donor's disclosure about mRNA COVID‑19 vaccination and permit nonemergency patients to request blood labeled with that disclosure. After testimony from hospitals, blood centers, transfusion specialists and the Red Cross, the committee voted not to advance the bill.
Representative Bruce, sponsor, said the bill would add a donor-question disclosure about COVID‑19 mRNA vaccination, allow units to be labeled accordingly and let nonemergency recipients request labeled blood when available. He characterized the proposal as an informed‑consent and patient‑choice measure and said it did not challenge vaccine safety.
Witnesses opposing the bill said it could not be implemented and would risk Idaho's blood supply. Nicole…
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