Bill Text: NC H925 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Require Hospitals to Offer Influenza Vaccine

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-28 - Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate [H925 Detail]

Download: North_Carolina-2015-H925-Amended.html

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2015

H                                                                                                                                                   2

HOUSE BILL 925

Committee Substitute Favorable 4/27/15

 

Short Title:        Require Hospitals to Offer Influenza Vaccine.		(Public)
Sponsors:
Referred to:

April 20, 2015

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT amending the hospital licensure act to require hospitals to offer inpatients sixty‑five years of age or older immunization against the influenza Virus.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Article 5 of Chapter 131E of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:

"§ 131E‑79.10.  Offering influenza vaccine to inpatients aged 65 and older.

Annually from October 1 through March 1, and in accordance with the latest recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunizations Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, each hospital licensed under this Article shall, prior to discharging a patient 65 years of age or older who has been admitted for inpatient care, offer the patient immunization against the influenza virus if it has been determined that the patient has not already received the immunization, contingent upon availability of the influenza vaccine, and unless the immunization is medically contraindicated."

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.