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IN SB0133
Bill
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Senate Bill No. 133 Summary
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Requires hospitals to administer or make available influenza, varicella, measles-mumps-rubella, and tetanus-diphtheria-pertussis immunizations to employees and contractors with direct patient contact beginning January 1, 2018.
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Allows hospitals to elect to offer the same immunizations to healthcare professionals and employees without direct patient contact, with hospitals determining which individuals receive them.
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Mandates influenza immunizations be offered during October 1 through February 1 each year in accordance with Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices guidelines.
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Permits hospitals with written policies to impose immunization requirements as employment conditions and to terminate or discipline employees or contractors who refuse immunizations without qualifying for exemptions.
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Provides exemptions from immunization requirements for medical contraindications, prior documented receipt of the vaccine, and religious belief objections, with hospitals authorized to verify religious exemptions through established processes.
Legislative Description
Hospital employee immunizations. Requires a hospital, beginning January 1, 2018, to administer or make available to be administered certain immunizations to hospital employees or contractors who routinely have direct contact with any patient of the hospital. Allows a hospital to elect to annually administer or make available certain immunizations to health care professionals, other employees, and contractors. Provides for exceptions. Requires a hospital to administer or make influenza immunizations available at certain times during the year. Allows a hospital to establish a process for determining whether the tenets of the religion relied upon for an exemption prohibit an individual from
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services
1/4/2017