Full Text of SB2768 93rd General Assembly
SB2768 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004 SB2768
Introduced 2/5/2004, by Edward D. Maloney SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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210 ILCS 9/76 |
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210 ILCS 85/6.22 new |
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Amends the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act and the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that an assisted living or shared housing establishment that does not provide medication as an optional service must advise a prospective resident to consult a physician about whether to obtain a flu shot. Provides that an establishment that provides medication administration as an optional service shall annually administer a flu shot to each resident and shall administer or arrange for the administration of a pneumonia shot to each resident who is age 65 or older. Requires hospitals to administer annual flu shots to all residents or patients (with flu shots for residents or patients age 65 or over to be completed by November 30 of each year, or as soon as practicable under certain circumstances) and to provide or arrange for the administration of pneumonia shots to residents or patients age 65 or over, unless a resident or patient refuses or the shot is medically contraindicated. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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LRB093 17922 DRJ 46808 b |
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| AN ACT concerning health facilities.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act is | 5 |
| amended by changing Section 76 as follows:
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| (210 ILCS 9/76)
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| Sec. 76. Vaccinations.
Pneumonia shots.
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| (a) Before a prospective resident's admission to an
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| assisted living establishment or a shared housing | 10 |
| establishment that does not provide medication administration | 11 |
| as an optional service , the
establishment shall advise the | 12 |
| prospective resident to consult a
physician to determine | 13 |
| whether the prospective resident should obtain a
vaccination | 14 |
| against pneumococcal pneumonia or influenza, or both . | 15 |
| (b) An assisted living establishment or shared housing | 16 |
| establishment that provides medication administration as an | 17 |
| optional service shall annually administer a vaccination | 18 |
| against influenza to
each
resident, in accordance with the | 19 |
| recommendations of the Advisory Committee on
Immunization | 20 |
| Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | 21 |
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are most
recent to the time of vaccination, unless the | 22 |
| vaccination is medically
contraindicated or
the resident has | 23 |
| refused the vaccine. Influenza vaccinations for all residents
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| age 65 or
over shall be completed by November 30 of each year | 25 |
| or as soon as practicable
if vaccine
supplies are not available | 26 |
| before November 1. Residents admitted after November
30,
during | 27 |
| the flu season, and until February 1 shall, as medically | 28 |
| appropriate,
receive an influenza vaccination prior to or upon | 29 |
| admission or as soon as
practicable if vaccine
supplies are not | 30 |
| available at the time of the admission, unless the vaccine is
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| medically
contraindicated or the resident has refused the | 32 |
| vaccine. In the event that the
Advisory
Committee on |
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| Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and
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| Prevention
determines that dates of administration other than | 3 |
| those stated in this Section are
optimal to
protect the health | 4 |
| of residents, the Department is authorized to adopt rules
to | 5 |
| require
vaccinations at those times rather than the times | 6 |
| stated in this Section. An establishment shall document in the | 7 |
| resident's medical record that an annual
vaccination against | 8 |
| influenza
was administered, refused, or medically | 9 |
| contraindicated. | 10 |
| An assisted living establishment or shared housing | 11 |
| establishment that provides medication administration as an | 12 |
| optional service shall administer or arrange for | 13 |
| administration of a pneumococcal
vaccination to each resident | 14 |
| who is age 65 or over, in accordance with the
recommendations | 15 |
| of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the
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| Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention, who has not | 17 |
| received this immunization
prior to or
upon admission to the | 18 |
| establishment, unless the resident refuses the offer for
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| vaccination or the
vaccination is medically contraindicated. | 20 |
| An establishment shall document in each
resident's
medical | 21 |
| record that a vaccination against pneumococcal pneumonia was | 22 |
| offered
and administered, refused, or medically | 23 |
| contraindicated.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-562, eff. 6-24-02.)
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| Section 10. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by adding | 26 |
| Section 6.22 as follows: | 27 |
| (210 ILCS 85/6.22 new) | 28 |
| Sec. 6.22. Vaccinations. | 29 |
| (a) A hospital shall annually administer a vaccination | 30 |
| against influenza to
each patient, in accordance with the | 31 |
| recommendations of the Advisory Committee
on
Immunization | 32 |
| Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | 33 |
| that
are most recent to the time of vaccination, unless the | 34 |
| vaccination is medically
contraindicated or the patient has |
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| refused the vaccine. Influenza vaccinations
for all patients
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| age 65 or over shall be completed by November 30 of each year | 3 |
| or as soon as
practicable
if vaccine supplies are not available | 4 |
| before November 1. Patients admitted
after November
30, during | 5 |
| the flu season, and until February 1 shall, as medically
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| appropriate,
receive an influenza vaccination prior to or upon | 7 |
| admission or as soon as
practicable if
vaccine supplies are not | 8 |
| available at the time of the admission, unless the
vaccine is
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| medically
contraindicated or the patient has refused the | 10 |
| vaccine. In the event that the
Advisory
Committee on | 11 |
| Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and
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| Prevention determines that dates of administration other than | 13 |
| those stated in
this Section are optimal to
protect the health | 14 |
| of patients, the Department is authorized to develop rules
to | 15 |
| mandate
vaccinations at those times rather than the times | 16 |
| stated in this Section. A
hospital shall
document in the | 17 |
| patient's medical record that an annual vaccination against
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| influenza
was administered, refused or medically | 19 |
| contraindicated. | 20 |
| (b) A hospital shall provide or arrange for administration | 21 |
| of a pneumococcal
vaccination to each patient who is age 65 or | 22 |
| over, in accordance with the
recommendations of the Advisory | 23 |
| Committee on Immunization Practices of the
Centers for Disease | 24 |
| Control and Prevention, who has not received this
immunization | 25 |
| prior to or upon admission to the hospital, unless the patient
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| refuses the offer for vaccination or the vaccination is | 27 |
| medically
contraindicated. A hospital shall document in each | 28 |
| patient's medical record
that a vaccination against | 29 |
| pneumococcal pneumonia was offered and administered,
refused, | 30 |
| or medically contraindicated.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 32 |
| becoming law.
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