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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by 
5changing Section 6.26 as follows:
 
6    (210 ILCS 85/6.26)
7    Sec. 6.26. Immunization against influenza virus and 
8pneumococcal disease.
9    (a) Every hospital shall adopt an influenza and 
10pneumococcal immunization policy that includes, but need not 
11be limited to, the following:
12        (1) Procedures for identifying patients eligible age 
13    50 or older for influenza and immunization and 65 or older 
14    for pneumococcal immunization and, at the discretion of 
15    the facility, other patients at risk.
16        (2) Procedures for offering immunization against 
17    influenza virus when available between September 1 and 
18    April 1 of the subsequent year, or as indicated by the 
19    Department if the flu season varies significantly from 
20    those dates, and against pneumococcal disease upon 
21    admission or discharge, to patients in accordance with the 
22    recommendations of the State Guidelines for Communicable 
23    Disease Prevention issued by the Director of Public Health 
 
 
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1    pursuant to Section 1.2 of the Communicable Disease 
2    Prevention Act or the Advisory Committee on Immunization 
3    Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and 
4    Prevention that are most recent to the time of 
5    vaccination, unless contraindicated.
6        (3) Procedures for ensuring that patients offered 
7    immunization, or their guardians, receive information 
8    regarding the risks and benefits of vaccination.
9    The hospital shall provide a copy of its influenza and 
10pneumococcal immunization policy to the Department upon 
11request.
12    If the State Guidelines for Communicable Disease 
13Prevention and the guidance from the Advisory Committee on 
14Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and 
15Prevention are in conflict, the State Guidelines for 
16Communicable Disease Prevention shall control where the 
17applicable guidance from the Advisory Committee on 
18Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and 
19Prevention significantly deviates from evidence-based 
20immunization practices established by credible scientific and 
21medical communities, experts, and practitioners. 
22    (b) A home rule unit may not regulate immunization against 
23influenza virus and pneumococcal disease in a manner 
24inconsistent with the regulation of such immunizations under 
25this Section. This subsection is a limitation under subsection 
26(i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on 
 
 
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1the concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers and 
2functions exercised by the State.
3(Source: P.A. 103-57, eff. 1-1-24.)