Bill Text: IN SB0175 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Hospital employee influenza immunization.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-05 - First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services [SB0175 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2011-SB0175-Introduced.html
Citations Affected: IC 16-18-2-223.7; IC 16-21-10.
Synopsis: Hospital employee influenza immunization. Requires
hospitals to annually administer immunizations against the influenza
virus to certain hospital employees.
Effective: July 1, 2011.
January 5, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Provider
Services.
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Chapter 10. Immunization of Hospital Employees
Sec. 1. This chapter applies to the following:
(1) A hospital licensed under any of the following:
(A) This article.
(B) IC 16-22.
(C) IC 16-23.
(D) IC 16-23.5.
(2) An employee of a hospital described in subdivision (1) who
has direct contact with a patient of the hospital.
Sec. 2. (a) Except as provided in section 4 of this chapter and
subject to obtaining an employee's consent, a hospital shall
annually administer or make available to be administered
immunizations against the influenza virus to the employees of the
hospital.
(b) A hospital shall conduct immunizations under this section in
accordance with the recommendations established by the Advisory
Committee on Immunization Practices of the United States Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention that are in effect at the time the
hospital conducts the immunizations.
Sec. 3. A hospital shall annually administer or make available
to be administered the immunization required under this chapter
to an employee described in section 1(2) of this chapter and who is
employed by the hospital during the period beginning October 1
and ending February 1 of the following year.
Sec. 4. (a) A hospital is not required to provide or make
available to the hospital's employees an annual immunization
against the influenza virus if the state department determines that
the necessary vaccine is not in adequate supply.
(b) A hospital shall not require an employee to receive an
immunization under this chapter if:
(1) the hospital:
( A) has written documentation from the employee's
physician or other health care provider indicating the date
and place that the individual received an immunization
required under this chapter; and
(B) determines that no additional immunization is
required;
(2) the immunization is medically contraindicated for the
employee;
(3) receiving the immunization is against the employee's
religious beliefs; or
(4) the employee refuses to permit the immunization after
being fully informed of the health risks.
Sec. 5. The state department may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2
to administer this chapter.
