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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5917
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 2180
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
REP. WOOD, 29th Dist.
AN ACT REQUIRING HOSPITALS TO OFFER AN INFLUENZA
VACCINE TO SENIOR CITIZENS PRIOR TO DISCHARGE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to require hospitals, in 1
accordance with the recommendations from the Advisory Committee 2
on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and 3
Prevention, to offer any person sixty-five years of age or older the 4
influenza vaccine prior to discharge, after an assessment for 5
contraindications and contingent upon the availability of the vaccine. 6
Statement of Purpose:
To require hospitals to offer influenza vaccines to all senior citizens
prior to discharge.