RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 28 (HB 468) 2016 Regular Session Cromer
New law requires adult residential care providers to provide educational information on
influenza no later than Sept. 1 of each year and in accordance with the latest
recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
New law requires the educational information to include, at a minimum, all of the following:
(1)The risks associated with influenza.
(2)The availability, effectiveness, and known contraindications of the influenza
immunization.
(3)The causes and symptoms of influenza.
(4)The means by which influenza is spread.
New law shall not be construed to require any adult residential care provider to provide or
pay for any immunization against influenza.
Effective August 1, 2016.
(Adds R.S. 40:2166.9)