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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6515
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 2475
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
REP. DEMICCO, 21st Dist.
AN ACT REQUIRING HOSPITALS TO OFFER THE INFLUENZA
VACCINE TO SENIOR CITIZENS PRIOR TO THEIR DISCHARGE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to require each hospital to 1
offer during flu season, from no later than October first to no earlier 2
than March first, annually, to each patient who is at least sixty-five 3
years of age, prior to such patient's discharge, an immunization against 4
the influenza virus, unless such immunization is contraindicated and 5
contingent upon the availability of the vaccine. 6
Statement of Purpose:
To ensure flu vaccines are offered to senior citizens prior to discharge
from a hospital.