103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB0069 Introduced 1/20/2023, by Sen. Laura Fine SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 210 ILCS 85/6.26 Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Requires every hospital to adopt an influenza and pneumococcal immunization policy that includes procedures for identifying patients age 50 or older for influenza immunization and 65 or older for pneumococcal immunization (rather than just for identifying patients age 65 or older). LRB103 04871 CPF 49881 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB0069 Introduced 1/20/2023, by Sen. Laura Fine SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 210 ILCS 85/6.26 210 ILCS 85/6.26 Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Requires every hospital to adopt an influenza and pneumococcal immunization policy that includes procedures for identifying patients age 50 or older for influenza immunization and 65 or older for pneumococcal immunization (rather than just for identifying patients age 65 or older). LRB103 04871 CPF 49881 b LRB103 04871 CPF 49881 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB0069 Introduced 1/20/2023, by Sen. Laura Fine SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 210 ILCS 85/6.26 210 ILCS 85/6.26 210 ILCS 85/6.26 Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Requires every hospital to adopt an influenza and pneumococcal immunization policy that includes procedures for identifying patients age 50 or older for influenza immunization and 65 or older for pneumococcal immunization (rather than just for identifying patients age 65 or older). LRB103 04871 CPF 49881 b LRB103 04871 CPF 49881 b LRB103 04871 CPF 49881 b A BILL FOR SB0069LRB103 04871 CPF 49881 b SB0069 LRB103 04871 CPF 49881 b SB0069 LRB103 04871 CPF 49881 b 1 AN ACT concerning regulation. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by 5 changing Section 6.26 as follows: 6 (210 ILCS 85/6.26) 7 Sec. 6.26. Immunization against influenza virus and 8 pneumococcal disease. 9 (a) Every hospital shall adopt an influenza and 10 pneumococcal immunization policy that includes, but need not 11 be limited to, the following: 12 (1) Procedures for identifying patients age 50 65 or 13 older for influenza immunization and 65 or older for 14 pneumococcal immunization and, at the discretion of the 15 facility, other patients at risk. 16 (2) Procedures for offering immunization against 17 influenza virus when available between September 1 and 18 April 1, and against pneumococcal disease upon admission 19 or discharge, to patients in accordance with the 20 recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization 21 Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and 22 Prevention that are most recent to the time of 23 vaccination, unless contraindicated. 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB0069 Introduced 1/20/2023, by Sen. Laura Fine SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 210 ILCS 85/6.26 210 ILCS 85/6.26 210 ILCS 85/6.26 Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Requires every hospital to adopt an influenza and pneumococcal immunization policy that includes procedures for identifying patients age 50 or older for influenza immunization and 65 or older for pneumococcal immunization (rather than just for identifying patients age 65 or older). LRB103 04871 CPF 49881 b LRB103 04871 CPF 49881 b LRB103 04871 CPF 49881 b A BILL FOR 210 ILCS 85/6.26 LRB103 04871 CPF 49881 b SB0069 LRB103 04871 CPF 49881 b SB0069- 2 -LRB103 04871 CPF 49881 b SB0069 - 2 - LRB103 04871 CPF 49881 b SB0069 - 2 - LRB103 04871 CPF 49881 b 1 (3) Procedures for ensuring that patients offered 2 immunization, or their guardians, receive information 3 regarding the risks and benefits of vaccination. 4 The hospital shall provide a copy of its influenza and 5 pneumococcal immunization policy to the Department upon 6 request. 7 (b) A home rule unit may not regulate immunization against 8 influenza virus and pneumococcal disease in a manner 9 inconsistent with the regulation of such immunizations under 10 this Section. This subsection is a limitation under subsection 11 (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on 12 the concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers and 13 functions exercised by the State. 14 (Source: P.A. 98-271, eff. 1-1-14.) SB0069 - 2 - LRB103 04871 CPF 49881 b