HB2431 HFA SUMMERS 2-21 #1

Roskovensky 3338

Delegate Summers moves to amend the amendment on page 1, by striking the amendment in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

“(a) A hospital licensed pursuant to the provisions of article five-b of this chapter shall offer to an inpatient who is sixty-five years of age or older an influenza immunization prior to discharge from October 1 of every year and continuing through March 1 of the following year.

(b) An Immunization may not be offered in cases where the immunization is contraindicated.

(c) The requirements of this section are subject to the availability for sufficient influenza immunizations

(d) This section may not be construed to require an influenza immunization as a condition of receiving any service or as a condition of discharge.”

Adopted

Rejected