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1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Nursing Home Care Act is amended by changing | ||||||
5 | Section 2-213 as follows:
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6 | (210 ILCS 45/2-213)
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7 | Sec. 2-213. Vaccinations.
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8 | (a) A facility shall annually administer or arrange for | ||||||
9 | administration of a vaccination against influenza to
each
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10 | resident, in accordance with the recommendations of the | ||||||
11 | Advisory Committee on
Immunization Practices of the Centers for | ||||||
12 | Disease Control and Prevention that
are most
recent to the time | ||||||
13 | of vaccination, unless the vaccination is medically
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14 | contraindicated or
the resident has refused the vaccine. | ||||||
15 | Influenza vaccinations for all residents
age 65 and
over shall | ||||||
16 | be completed by November 30 of each year or as soon as | ||||||
17 | practicable
if vaccine
supplies are not available before | ||||||
18 | November 1. Residents admitted after November
30,
during the | ||||||
19 | flu season, and until February 1 shall, as medically | ||||||
20 | appropriate,
receive an influenza vaccination prior to or upon | ||||||
21 | admission or as soon as
practicable if vaccine
supplies are not | ||||||
22 | available at the time of the admission, unless the vaccine is
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23 | medically
contraindicated or the resident has refused the |
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1 | vaccine. In the event that the
Advisory
Committee on | ||||||
2 | Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and
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3 | Prevention
determines that dates of administration other than | ||||||
4 | those stated in this Act are
optimal to
protect the health of | ||||||
5 | residents, the Department is authorized to develop rules
to | ||||||
6 | mandate
vaccinations at those times rather than the times | ||||||
7 | stated in this Act. A
facility shall document in the resident's | ||||||
8 | medical record that an annual
vaccination against influenza
was | ||||||
9 | administered, arranged, refused or medically contraindicated.
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10 | (b) A facility shall administer or arrange for | ||||||
11 | administration of a pneumococcal
vaccination to each resident | ||||||
12 | who is age 65 and over, in accordance with the
recommendations | ||||||
13 | of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the
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14 | Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention, who has not | ||||||
15 | received this immunization
prior to or
upon admission to the | ||||||
16 | facility, unless the resident refuses the offer for
vaccination | ||||||
17 | or the
vaccination is medically contraindicated. A facility | ||||||
18 | shall document in each
resident's
medical record that a | ||||||
19 | vaccination against pneumococcal pneumonia was offered
and | ||||||
20 | administered, arranged, refused, or medically contraindicated.
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21 | (c) All persons seeking admission to a nursing facility | ||||||
22 | shall be verbally screened for risk factors associated with | ||||||
23 | hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and the Human Immunodeficiency Virus | ||||||
24 | (HIV) according to guidelines established by the U.S. Centers | ||||||
25 | for Disease Control and Prevention. Persons who are identified | ||||||
26 | as being at high risk for hepatitis B, hepatitis C, or HIV |
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1 | shall be offered an opportunity to undergo laboratory testing | ||||||
2 | in order to determine infection status if they will be admitted | ||||||
3 | to the nursing facility for at least 7 days and are not known | ||||||
4 | to be infected with any of the listed viruses. All HIV testing | ||||||
5 | shall be conducted in compliance with the AIDS Confidentiality | ||||||
6 | Act. All persons determined to be susceptible to the hepatitis | ||||||
7 | B virus shall be offered immunization within 10 days of | ||||||
8 | admission to any nursing facility. A facility shall document in | ||||||
9 | the resident's medical record that he or she was verbally | ||||||
10 | screened for risk factors associated with hepatitis B, | ||||||
11 | hepatitis C, and HIV, and whether or not the resident was | ||||||
12 | immunized against hepatitis B. Nothing in this subsection (c) | ||||||
13 | shall apply to a nursing facility licensed or regulated by the | ||||||
14 | Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs. | ||||||
15 | (Source: P.A. 93-384, eff. 7-25-03; 94-429, eff. 8-2-05.)
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16 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | ||||||
17 | 1, 2011.
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