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Regular Session, 2011 ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 156
BY SENATOR BROOME
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 40:2022, relative to health care information; to require hospitals to provide2
certain health care information to certain patients; to provide for the development3
and dissemination of the health care information by the Department of Health and4
Hospitals; and to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 40:2022 is hereby enacted to read as follows: 7
ยง2022. Health care information; pertussis8
A. The legislature hereby finds that it is in the best interest of the9
children born in this state that certain health care information be provided to10
parents of newborns concerning the Pertussis disease. Pertussis (whooping11
cough) is a very contagious disease caused by a type of bacteria called12
Bordetella pertussis and is one of the most commonly occurring13
vaccine-preventable diseases in the United States.14
B. On and after January 1, 2012, every licensed hospital in the state of15
Louisiana shall, prior to discharge, provide parents of newborns educational16
information provided by the Department of Health and Hospitals on the17
Pertussis disease and the availability of a vaccine to protect against contracting18
the disease. Such information shall include, but not be limited to, information19
on the recommendation of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that20
parents receive the Tetanus Toxoid, Reduced Diphtheria Toxoid and Acellular21
Pertussis Vaccine Adsorbed (Tdap) vaccination during the postpartum period22
to help protect their newborns from the transmission of Pertussis.23
ACT No. 54 SB NO. 156 ENROLLED
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C. The Department of Health and Hospitals shall, by January 1, 2012,1
develop and disseminate to every hospital in the state information consistent2
with the provisions of this Section.3
D. Nothing in this Section shall require any hospital or the office of4
public health within the Department of Health and Hospital to provide or pay5
for any vaccination against Pertussis.6
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: