Bill Text: GA HB249 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Health; pertussis disease information to parents of newborns; provide
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 3)
Status: (Passed) 2011-07-01 - Effective Date [HB249 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-HB249-Introduced.html
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House
Bill 249 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)
By:
Representatives Sims of the
119th
and Cooper of the
41st
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, relating to general provisions relating to health, so as to provide
for information on pertussis disease by hospitals to parents of newborn infants;
to provide for statutory construction; to provide for related matters; to repeal
conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Article
1 of Chapter 1 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to general provisions relating to health, is amended by adding a new Code
section to read as follows:
"31-1-12.
(a)
During the postpartum period and prior to discharge, each hospital shall provide
parents of newborns educational information on pertussis disease and the
availability of a vaccine to protect against such disease. Such educational
information shall include, but not be limited to, information on the
recommendation by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that
parents of newborns receive the vaccination during the postpartum period to
protect the newborns from the transmission of pertussis.
(b)
Nothing in this Code section shall be construed to require any hospital to
provide or pay for any vaccination against
pertussis."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.
