Bill Title: Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall provide facilities with educational information on all vaccines recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, including, but not limited to, the risks associated with shingles and how to protect oneself against the varicella-zoster virus. Requires a facility to distribute the information to each resident who requests the information and each newly admitted resident. Allows the facility to distribute the information to residents electronically. Effective January 1, 2019.

Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2018-08-23 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-1042 [HB4440 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

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Voting Records

Chamber	Vote	Date	Yea	Nay	NV	Abs	Total	Result	Source	View
Senate	Third Reading in Senate	2018-05-29	58	0	1	0	59	Passed	Link	View
House	Third Reading in House	2018-03-07	106	0	1	3	110	Passed	Link	View