Public Act 103-0057
 
SB0069 EnrolledLRB103 04871 CPF 49881 b


  
    AN ACT concerning regulation.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
    Section 5. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended  by 
changing Section 6.26 as follows:
 
    (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 age 50 65 or 
    older
for influenza 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, and against pneumococcal disease upon
admission 
    or discharge, to patients in accordance with the 
    recommendations of 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.
    (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 
the concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers and 
functions exercised by the State.

(Source: P.A. 98-271, eff. 1-1-14.)