ENROLLED
ACT No. 28
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 468
BY REPRESENTATIVES CROMER, BAGLEY, COX, HENSGENS, HORTON,
JACKSON, DUSTIN MILLER, MORENO, AND WILLMOTT
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 40:2166.9, relative to adult residential care providers; to require adult
3 residential care providers to disseminate educational information on influenza; to
4 establish the minimum content of the information; to provide for interpretations; and
5 to provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 40:2166.9 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
8 ยง2166.9. Immunization information; influenza
9 A. No later than September first of each year and in accordance with the
10 latest recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of
11 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, every licensed adult residential care
12 provider shall provide residents educational information on influenza. This
13 educational information shall include, at a minimum, the risks associated with
14 influenza, the availability, effectiveness, and known contraindications of the
15 influenza immunization, the causes and symptoms of influenza, and the means by
16 which influenza is spread.
17 B. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to require any adult residential
18 care provider to provide or pay for any immunization against influenza.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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