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1 AN ACT concerning vaccinations in health facilities.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Life Care Facilities Act is amended by
5 adding Section 10.1 as follows:
6 (210 ILCS 40/10.1 new)
7 Sec. 10.1. Vaccinations.
8 (a) A facility shall annually administer a vaccination
9 against influenza to each resident, in accordance with the
10 recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization
11 Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
12 that are most recent to the time of vaccination, unless the
13 vaccination is medically contraindicated or the resident has
14 refused the vaccine. Influenza vaccinations for all residents
15 age 65 and over shall be completed by November 30 of each
16 year or as soon as practicable if vaccine supplies are not
17 available before November 1. Residents admitted after
18 November 30, during the flu season, and until February 1
19 shall, as medically appropriate, receive an influenza
20 vaccination prior to or upon admission or as soon as
21 practicable if vaccine supplies are not available at the time
22 of the admission, unless the vaccine is medically
23 contraindicated or the resident has refused the vaccine. In
24 the event that the Advisory Committee on Immunization
25 Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
26 determines that dates of administration other than those
27 stated in this Act are optimal to protect the health of
28 residents, the Department is authorized to develop rules to
29 mandate vaccinations at those times rather than the times
30 stated in this Act. A facility shall document in the
31 resident's medical record that an annual vaccination against
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1 influenza was administered, refused or medically
2 contraindicated.
3 (b) A facility shall provide or arrange for
4 administration of a pneumococcal vaccination to each resident
5 who is age 65 and over, in accordance with the
6 recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization
7 Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
8 who has not received this immunization prior to or upon
9 admission to the facility, unless the resident refuses the
10 offer for vaccination or the vaccination is medically
11 contraindicated. A facility shall document in each resident's
12 medical record that a vaccination against pneumococcal
13 pneumonia was offered and administered, refused, or medically
14 contraindicated.
15 Section 10. The Nursing Home Care Act is amended by
16 changing Section 2-213 as follows:
17 (210 ILCS 45/2-213)
18 Sec. 2-213. Vaccinations.
19 (a) A facility shall annually administer a vaccination
20 against influenza to each resident, in accordance with the
21 recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization
22 Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
23 that are most recent to the time of vaccination, unless the
24 vaccination is medically contraindicated or the resident has
25 refused the vaccine. Influenza vaccinations for all residents
26 age 65 and over shall be completed by November 30 of each
27 year or as soon as practicable if vaccine supplies are not
28 available before November 1. Residents admitted after
29 November 30, during the flu season, and until February 1
30 shall, as medically appropriate, receive an influenza
31 vaccination prior to or upon admission or as soon as
32 practicable if vaccine supplies are not available at the time
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1 of the admission, unless the vaccine is medically
2 contraindicated or the resident has refused the vaccine. In
3 the event that the Advisory Committee on Immunization
4 Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
5 determines that dates of administration other than those
6 stated in this Act are optimal to protect the health of
7 residents, the Department is authorized to develop rules to
8 mandate vaccinations at those times rather than the times
9 stated in this Act. A facility shall document in the
10 resident's medical record that an annual vaccination against
11 influenza was administered, refused or medically
12 contraindicated.
13 (b) A facility shall provide or arrange for
14 administration of a pneumococcal vaccination to each resident
15 who is age 65 and over, in accordance with the
16 recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization
17 Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
18 who has not received this immunization prior to or upon
19 admission to the facility, unless the resident refuses the
20 offer for vaccination or the vaccination is medically
21 contraindicated. A facility shall document in each resident's
22 medical record that a vaccination against pneumococcal
23 pneumonia was offered and administered, refused, or medically
24 contraindicated.Pneumonia shots. Before a prospective
25 resident's admission to a facility the facility shall advise
26 the prospective resident to consult a physician to determine
27 whether the prospective resident should obtain a vaccination
28 against pneumococcal pneumonia.
29 (Source: P.A. 90-366, eff. 8-10-97.)
30 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
31 becoming law.
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