| 4 | | - | AN ACT concerning regulation. |
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| 5 | | - | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| 6 | | - | represented in the General Assembly: |
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| 7 | | - | Section 5. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by |
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| 8 | | - | changing Section 6.26 as follows: |
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| 9 | | - | (210 ILCS 85/6.26) |
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| 10 | | - | Sec. 6.26. Immunization against influenza virus and |
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| 11 | | - | pneumococcal disease. |
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| 12 | | - | (a) Every hospital shall adopt an influenza and |
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| 13 | | - | pneumococcal immunization policy that includes, but need not |
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| 14 | | - | be limited to, the following: |
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| 15 | | - | (1) Procedures for identifying patients age 50 65 or |
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| 16 | | - | older for influenza immunization and 65 or older for |
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| 17 | | - | pneumococcal immunization and, at the discretion of the |
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| 18 | | - | facility, other patients at risk. |
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| 19 | | - | (2) Procedures for offering immunization against |
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| 20 | | - | influenza virus when available between September 1 and |
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| 21 | | - | April 1, and against pneumococcal disease upon admission |
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| 22 | | - | or discharge, to patients in accordance with the |
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| 23 | | - | recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization |
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| 24 | | - | Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and |
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| 25 | | - | Prevention that are most recent to the time of |
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| 26 | | - | vaccination, unless contraindicated. |
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| 3 | + | 1 AN ACT concerning regulation. |
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| 4 | + | 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| 5 | + | 3 represented in the General Assembly: |
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| 6 | + | 4 Section 5. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by |
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| 7 | + | 5 changing Section 6.26 as follows: |
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| 8 | + | 6 (210 ILCS 85/6.26) |
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| 9 | + | 7 Sec. 6.26. Immunization against influenza virus and |
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| 10 | + | 8 pneumococcal disease. |
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| 11 | + | 9 (a) Every hospital shall adopt an influenza and |
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| 12 | + | 10 pneumococcal immunization policy that includes, but need not |
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| 13 | + | 11 be limited to, the following: |
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| 14 | + | 12 (1) Procedures for identifying patients age 50 65 or |
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| 15 | + | 13 older for influenza immunization and 65 or older for |
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| 16 | + | 14 pneumococcal immunization and, at the discretion of the |
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| 17 | + | 15 facility, other patients at risk. |
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| 18 | + | 16 (2) Procedures for offering immunization against |
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| 19 | + | 17 influenza virus when available between September 1 and |
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| 20 | + | 18 April 1, and against pneumococcal disease upon admission |
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| 21 | + | 19 or discharge, to patients in accordance with the |
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| 22 | + | 20 recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization |
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| 23 | + | 21 Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and |
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| 24 | + | 22 Prevention that are most recent to the time of |
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| 25 | + | 23 vaccination, unless contraindicated. |
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| 33 | | - | (3) Procedures for ensuring that patients offered |
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| 34 | | - | immunization, or their guardians, receive information |
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| 35 | | - | regarding the risks and benefits of vaccination. |
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| 36 | | - | The hospital shall provide a copy of its influenza and |
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| 37 | | - | pneumococcal immunization policy to the Department upon |
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| 38 | | - | request. |
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| 39 | | - | (b) A home rule unit may not regulate immunization against |
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| 40 | | - | influenza virus and pneumococcal disease in a manner |
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| 41 | | - | inconsistent with the regulation of such immunizations under |
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| 42 | | - | this Section. This subsection is a limitation under subsection |
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| 43 | | - | (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on |
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| 44 | | - | the concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers and |
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| 45 | | - | functions exercised by the State. |
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| 46 | | - | (Source: P.A. 98-271, eff. 1-1-14.) |
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| 34 | + | 1 (3) Procedures for ensuring that patients offered |
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| 35 | + | 2 immunization, or their guardians, receive information |
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| 36 | + | 3 regarding the risks and benefits of vaccination. |
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| 37 | + | 4 The hospital shall provide a copy of its influenza and |
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| 38 | + | 5 pneumococcal immunization policy to the Department upon |
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| 39 | + | 6 request. |
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| 40 | + | 7 (b) A home rule unit may not regulate immunization against |
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| 41 | + | 8 influenza virus and pneumococcal disease in a manner |
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| 42 | + | 9 inconsistent with the regulation of such immunizations under |
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| 43 | + | 10 this Section. This subsection is a limitation under subsection |
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| 44 | + | 11 (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on |
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| 45 | + | 12 the concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers and |
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| 46 | + | 13 functions exercised by the State. |
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| 47 | + | 14 (Source: P.A. 98-271, eff. 1-1-14.) |
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| 53 | + | SB0069 Enrolled - 2 - LRB103 04871 CPF 49881 b |
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