HLS 16RS-1636 REENGROSSED
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 969
BY REPRESENTATIVES COX, BAGLEY, HENSGENS, HOFFMANN, HORTON, MIKE
JOHNSON, MAGEE, AND DUSTIN MILLER
PUBLIC HEALTH: Requires adult residential care providers and nursing homes to
disseminate information on shingles and pneumonia immunizations
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 40:2011 and 2166.9, relative to immunizations for adults; to require the
3 Department of Health and Hospitals to provide educational information on shingles
4 and pneumonia; to require nursing homes and adult residential care providers to
5 disseminate educational information on shingles and pneumonia; to establish the
6 minimum content of the information; to provide for interpretations; and to provide
7 for related matters.
8Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
9 Section 1. R.S. 40:2011 and 2166.9 are hereby enacted to read as follows:
10 §2011. Immunization information; shingles; pneumonia
11 A. No later than September first of each year and in accordance with the
12 latest recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of
13 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Department of Health and
14 Hospitals shall provide licensed nursing homes with educational information on
15 zoster, also known as shingles. The educational information shall include, at a
16 minimum, the risks associated with shingles and how to protect oneself against the
17 varicella-zoster virus. The licensed nursing homes shall disseminate this information
18 to their residents.
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1 B. No later than September first of each year and in accordance with the
2 latest recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of
3 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Department of Health and
4 Hospitals shall provide licensed nursing homes with educational information on
5 pneumonia. The educational information shall include, at a minimum, the risks
6 associated with pneumonia and the availability of the pneumococcal immunization.
7 The licensed nursing homes shall disseminate this information to their residents.
8 C. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to require any licensed nursing
9 home to provide or pay for any immunization against the varicella-zoster virus or
10 pneumonia.
11 D. The Department of Health and Hospitals shall provide the educational
12 information required by Subsections A and B of this Section through the posting of
13 a link to its website where the information can be downloaded by the licensed
14 nursing homes.
15 * * *
16 §2166.9. Immunization information; shingles; pneumonia
17 A. No later than September first of each year and in accordance with the
18 latest recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of
19 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Department of Health and
20 Hospitals shall provide licensed adult residential care providers with educational
21 information on zoster, also known as shingles. The educational information shall
22 include, at a minimum, the risks associated with shingles and how to protect oneself
23 against the varicella-zoster virus. The licensed adult residential care providers shall
24 disseminate this information to their residents.
25 B. No later than September first of each year and in accordance with the
26 latest recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of
27 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Department of Health and
28 Hospitals shall provide licensed adult residential care providers with educational
29 information on pneumonia. The educational information shall include, at a
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1 minimum, the risks associated with pneumonia and the availability of the
2 pneumococcal immunization. The licensed adult residential care providers shall
3 disseminate this information to their residents.
4 C. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to require any adult residential
5 care provider to provide or pay for any immunization against the varicella-zoster
6 virus or pneumonia.
7 D. The Department of Health and Hospitals shall provide the educational
8 information required by Subsections A and B of this Section through the posting of
9 a link to its website where the information can be downloaded by the licensed adult
10 residential care providers.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 969 Reengrossed 2016 Regular Session Cox
Abstract: Requires nursing homes and adult residential care providers to disseminate
educational information on shingles and pneumonia.
Proposed law requires the Dept. of Health and Hospitals (DHH) to provide nursing homes
and adult residential care providers with educational information on shingles and pneumonia
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.
Proposed law requires the educational information to include, at a minimum, all of the
following:
(1)The risks associated with shingles and how to protect oneself against the varicella-
zoster virus.
(2)The risks associated with pneumonia and the availability of the pneumococcal
immunization.
Proposed law requires DHH to provide the educational information through the posting of
a link to its website where the information can be downloaded by the licensed nursing homes
and licensed adult residential care providers.
Proposed law requires the nursing homes and adult residential care providers to disseminate
the educational information to their residents.
Proposed law shall not be construed to require any nursing home or adult residential care
provider to provide or pay for any immunization against the varicella-zoster virus or
pneumonia.
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(Adds R.S. 40:2011 and 2166.9)
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Health and Welfare to
the original bill:
1. Require DHH to provide the educational information to licensed nursing homes
and adult residential care providers.
2. Limit the minimum required content of the educational material provided by
DHH.
3. Make technical changes.
The House Floor Amendments to the engrossed bill:
1. Require DHH to provide the educational information by placing it on the internet
where the information can be downloaded.
2. Make technical changes.
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