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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7101
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 3382
Referred to Committee on AGING
Introduced by:
(AGE)
AN ACT CONCERNING FLU SHOTS FOR SENIOR CITIZENS PRIOR
TO HOSPITAL DISCHARG E.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 19a-490k of the general statutes is repealed and 1
the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2019): 2
(a) A hospital may administer care to patients, after an assessment 3
of contraindications, without a physician's order, in accordance with a 4
physician-approved hospital policy, if such care is emergent, timely 5
and necessary, or for the purpose of advancing patient care, to the 6
extent such care is permitted by 42 CFR Part 482. 7
(b) A hospital may administer any prophylactic care or treatment to 8
healthy newborns who are born at the hospital, or who are admitted to 9
the hospital nursery, after an assessment of contraindications, without 10
a physician's order, in accordance with a physician-approved hospital 11
policy, to the extent such care or treatment is permitted by 42 CFR Part 12
482. 13
(c) A hospital may administer influenza and pneumococcal vaccines 14 Raised Bill No. 7101
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to patients, after an assessment for contraindications, without a 15
physician's order, in accordance with a physician-approved hospital 16
policy. [The Commissioner of Public Health shall adopt regulations, in 17
accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to carry out the 18
provisions of this subsection.] 19
(d) On and after October 1, 2019, to March 1, 2020, inclusive, and 20
annually thereafter, a hospital shall offer immunizations against 21
influenza, contingent upon availability of the vaccine and in 22
accordance with the recommendations of the Advisory Committee on 23
Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and 24
Prevention, to each inpatient sixty-five years of age and older, prior to 25
discharge, unless medically contraindicated. 26
(e) The Commissioner of Public Health shall adopt regulations, in 27
accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to carry out the 28
provisions of subsections (c) and (d) of this section. 29
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2019 19a-490k
AGE Joint Favorable