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Public Act 104-0729
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| SB3487 Enrolled | LRB104 16787 BAB 30196 b |
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AN ACT concerning regulation.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by |
changing Section 6.26 as follows:
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(210 ILCS 85/6.26) |
Sec. 6.26. Immunization against influenza virus and |
pneumococcal disease. |
(a) Every hospital shall adopt an influenza and |
pneumococcal immunization policy that includes, but need not |
be limited to, the following: |
(1) Procedures for identifying patients eligible age |
50 or older for influenza and immunization and 65 or older |
for pneumococcal immunization and, at the discretion of |
the facility, other patients at risk. |
(2) Procedures for offering immunization against |
influenza virus when available between September 1 and |
April 1 of the subsequent year, or as indicated by the |
Department if the flu season varies significantly from |
those dates, and against pneumococcal disease upon |
admission or discharge, to patients in accordance with the |
recommendations of the State Guidelines for Communicable |
Disease Prevention issued by the Director of Public Health |
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pursuant to Section 1.2 of the Communicable Disease |
Prevention Act or the Advisory Committee on Immunization |
Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and |
Prevention that are most recent to the time of |
vaccination, unless contraindicated. |
(3) Procedures for ensuring that patients offered |
immunization, or their guardians, receive information |
regarding the risks and benefits of vaccination. |
The hospital shall provide a copy of its influenza and |
pneumococcal immunization policy to the Department upon |
request. |
If the State Guidelines for Communicable Disease |
Prevention and the guidance from the Advisory Committee on |
Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and |
Prevention are in conflict, the State Guidelines for |
Communicable Disease Prevention shall control where the |
applicable guidance from the Advisory Committee on |
Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and |
Prevention significantly deviates from evidence-based |
immunization practices established by credible scientific and |
medical communities, experts, and practitioners. |
(b) A home rule unit may not regulate immunization against |
influenza virus and pneumococcal disease in a manner |
inconsistent with the regulation of such immunizations under |
this Section. This subsection is a limitation under subsection |
(i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on |