California Assembly Bill AB371 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 371INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Salas FEBRUARY 14, 2013 An act to amend Section 120392.2 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to health. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 371, as introduced, Salas. Immunizations. Existing law requires every skilled nursing facility, immediate care facility, and nursing facility, as defined, each year, commencing October 1 to the following April 1, inclusive, to offer immunizations for influenza and pneumococcal disease to residents, 65 years of age or older, receiving services at the facility, based upon the latest recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the latest recommendations of appropriate entities for the prevention, detection, and control of influenza outbreaks in California long-term care facilities. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to this provision. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 120392.2 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read: 120392.2. (a) Each year, commencing October 1 to the following April 1, inclusive, every health care facility, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 120392, shall offer, pursuant to Section 120392.4, immunizations for influenza and pneumococcal disease to residents,  aged  65 years  of age  or older, receiving services at the facility, based upon the latest recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) of the  federal  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the latest recommendations of appropriate entities for the prevention, detection, and control of influenza outbreaks in California long-term care facilities. (b) Each health care facility, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 120392, shall offer, pursuant to Section 120392.4, pneumococcal vaccine to all new admittees to the health care facility, based on the latest recommendations of the ACIP. (c) The facility shall be reimbursed the standard Medi-Cal rate for an immunization provided to a Medi-Cal recipient, unless he or she is also a Medicare recipient whose coverage includes reimbursement for the immunization.