Senate Bill 2632

    Florida Senate - 2000                                  SB 2632

    By Senators Myers, Childers and Casas





    27-1144A-00

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to nursing homes; amending s.

  3         400.141, F.S.; requiring the offering of

  4         influenzae vaccinations to nursing home

  5         residents and employees; requiring the offering

  6         of pneumonia vaccinations to nursing home

  7         residents; providing for rulemaking; providing

  8         an effective date.

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10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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12         Section 1.  Subsections (14) and (15) are added to

13  section 400.141, Florida Statutes, to read:

14         400.141  Administration and management of nursing home

15  facilities.--Every licensed facility shall comply with all

16  applicable standards and rules of the agency and shall:

17         (14)  Before November 30 of each year, provide for

18  immunizations against influenzae virus to all its consenting

19  residents and health care workers in accordance with the

20  recommendations of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and

21  Prevention, subject to exemptions for medical

22  contraindications and religious beliefs. Subject to these

23  exemptions, any consenting person who becomes a resident of

24  the facility or who is employed by the facility after November

25  30 but before March 31 of the following year must be immunized

26  within 3 days after becoming a resident or an employee.

27  Immunization need not be provided to any resident or health

28  care worker who provides documentation that he or she has been

29  immunized as required by this subsection. The agency shall

30  adopt rules regarding consent forms, documentation, and

31  administrative requirements.

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  1         (15)  Before November 30 of each year, provide for

  2  immunizations against pneumonia to all its consenting

  3  residents in accordance with the recommendations of the U.S.

  4  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, subject to

  5  exemptions for medical contraindications and religious

  6  beliefs. Subject to these exemptions, any consenting person

  7  who becomes a resident of the facility must be immunized

  8  within 3 days after becoming a resident. Immunization need not

  9  be provided to any resident who provides documentation that he

10  or she has been immunized as required by this subsection. The

11  agency shall adopt rules regarding consent forms,

12  documentation, and administrative requirements.

13         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

14  law.

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17                          SENATE SUMMARY

18    Requires nursing homes to offer influenzae vaccinations
      to residents and employees of the nursing homes and to
19    offer pneumonia vaccinations to nursing home residents.
      Provides for rulemaking by the Agency for Health Care
20    Administration.

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