Private: ACTION ALERT: Please Ask Legislators to SUPPORT HB1045 Which Protects Employees from Discrimination or Dismissal for Refusing Certain Medical Procedures
TEXT OF HB1045 – Labor and Employment – Elective Medical Procedures – Employee Protections:
Prohibiting an employer from requiring an employee to undergo a certain medical procedure unless the procedure would have a substantial effect on the employee’s capacity or fitness to perform the job properly; and prohibiting an employer from taking a retaliatory action against an employee who declines to undergo a certain medical procedure.
why icm SUPPORTS HB1045
- This bill seeks to establish baseline protection of Maryland citizens' fundamental human right to determine when and if any elective medical procedure is right for them. Medical treatment is a fundamentally private matter; no elective procedure or intervention should be required to obtain or maintain employment.
- This bill seeks to address and preempt a phenomenon we have already seen occurring in Maryland during the Covid-19 pandemic: the bill protects employees against retaliation from their employer if they choose to decline an elective medical procedure or intervention. The bill would also restore protection of employees' fundamental right to privacy with regard to their health and medical status.
- Since several Covid-19 vaccines were licensed for use under the Emergency Use Authorization FDA provision in late 2020, many private and public employers have sought to compel their employees to take the vaccine if they are eligible. Many employers have failed to disclose to their employees that vaccines cannot be mandated under EUA, and their job cannot legally be at risk if they decline the vaccine. This bill would provide a direct remedy to those employees.
- This bill could provide a potential remedy to employees who are currently required to use masks or other protective equipment or practices in the workplace which, according to the strongest scientific evidence currently available, have no demonstrated benefit to employees or the public, and do not prevent viral transmission or lessen the severity of illness.
Who to contact about HB1045
There will be a hearing for HB1045 before the Economic Matters Committee on 3/5/21 at 1:30 PM.
URGENT: We’re asking all members to contact bill sponsor Delegate Wivell, and call and email the members of the Economic Matters Committee to let them know, in your own words, why you support HB1045!
Please call and email bill sponsor Delegate Wivell to thank him for this legislation, and please post positive comments on his Facebook Page
Delegate William J. Wivell
Phone 410-841-3447 | 301-858-3447 Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3447
e-mail: William. Wivell@house.state.md.us
If you’re a constituent of his – in District 2A – let him know!
Please copy and paste the following email addresses of the Economic Matters Committee members into the BCC section of your email in support of HB1045:
Please call the offices of the Economic Matters Committee members in support of HB1045:
Delegate Dereck E. Davis
Phone 410-841-3519 | 301-858-3519
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3519
Delegate Kathleen M. Dumais
Phone 410-841-3052 | 301-858-3052
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3052
Delegate Christopher T. Adams
Phone 410-841-3343 | 301-858-3343
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3343
Delegate Steven J. Arentz
Phone 410-841-3543 | 301-858-3543
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3543
Delegate Talmadge Branch
Phone 410-841-3398 | 301-858-3398
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3398
Delegate Benjamin Brooks
Phone 410-841-3352 | 301-858-3352
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3352
Delegate Ned Carey
Phone 410-841-3047 | 301-858-3047
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3047
Delegate Lorig Charkoudian
Phone 410-841-3423 | 301-858-3423
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3423
Delegate Brian M. Crosby
Phone 410-841-3227 | 301-858-3227
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3227
Delegate Diana M. Fennell
Phone 410-841-3478 | 301-858-3478
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3478
Delegate Mark N. Fisher
Phone 410-841-3231 | 301-858-3231
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3231
Delegate Seth A. Howard
Phone 410-841-3439 | 301-858-3439
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3439
Delegate Rick Impallaria
Phone 410-841-3289 | 301-858-3289
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3289
Delegate Carl Jackson
Phone 410-841-3766 | 301-858-3766
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3766
Delegate Johnny Mautz
Phone 410-841-3429 | 301-858-3429
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3429
Delegate Jesse T. Pippy
Phone 410-841-3118 | 301-858-3118
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3118
Delegate Lily Qi
Phone 410-841-3090 | 301-858-3090
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3090
Delegate Pam Queen
Phone 410-841-3380 | 301-858-3380
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3380
Delegate Mike Rogers
Phone 410-841-3372 | 301-858-3372
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3372
Delegate Veronica Turner
Phone 410-841-3212 | 301-858-3212
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3212
Delegate Kriselda Valderrama
Phone 410-841-3210 | 301-858-3210
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3210
Delegate Jay Walker
Phone 410-841-3581 | 301-858-3581
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3581
Delegate Courtney Watson
Phone 410-841-3077 | 301-858-3077
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3077
Delegate C. T. Wilson
Phone 410-841-3325 | 301-858-3325
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3325
Please note: Rules for submitting written and oral testimony have changed this year due to Covid-19 restrictions, and can be viewed here. We’re asking members for phone calls, emails, and written testimony only at this time.
Please spread the word! Let’s flood the offices of Delegate Wivell and the Economic Matters committee members with polite, respectful, forceful emails and phone calls. They need to hear our voices!
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