August 5, 2009, Introduced by Senators KAHN, PAPPAGEORGE, HARDIMAN and BIRKHOLZ and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.
A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled
"Public health code,"
(MCL 333.1101 to 333.25211) by adding section 21529; and to repeal
acts and parts of acts.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 21529. (1) Beginning October 1, 2009, a hospital shall
establish an influenza immunization policy and shall submit a copy
of its current policy with the department. The influenza
immunization policy shall be consistent with guidelines or
recommendations issued by the federal centers for disease control
and prevention or by the advisory committee on immunization
practices of the federal centers for disease control and
prevention. A hospital shall include all of the following in its
influenza immunization policy:
(a) A strategic plan for managing its supply of the influenza
vaccine.
(b) Procedures for identifying individuals 65 years of age or
older and, at the discretion of the hospital, other patients at
risk, who are admitted to the hospital.
(c) Procedures for offering immunization against the influenza
virus during the influenza season to individuals 65 years of age or
older and, at the discretion of the hospital, other patients at
risk, who are admitted to the hospital for a period of 24 hours or
more.
(d) Procedures for ensuring that an individual offered the
influenza vaccination or the individual's authorized representative
receive information regarding the risks and benefits of the
influenza vaccination.
(e) A standing order policy approved by the medical director
or other appropriate health professional that includes, but is not
limited to, an assessment for medical contraindication to
administering the influenza vaccination.
(f) A system for documenting influenza vaccination
administration, medical contraindications, patient refusals, and
any postvaccination adverse events.
(2) During the influenza season, if the hospital has the
vaccine available and consistent with the hospital's influenza
immunization policy, the hospital shall inform each individual 65
years of age or older or other individual identified in the policy
who is admitted to the hospital for a period of 24 hours or more
that the influenza vaccine is available and offer to provide the
vaccine to those individuals for whom the vaccine is not medically
contraindicative. If that person consents to be immunized against
the influenza virus and a physician, nurse, pharmacist, or other
independent practicing licensed health care professional determines
that there is not a relative or absolute medical contraindication
to giving the vaccine, the health care professional shall
administer the influenza vaccination to the individual before he or
she is discharged from the hospital and shall document the
vaccination in the manner prescribed in the influenza immunization
policy.
(3) As used in this section, "influenza season" means that
period between October 1 and March 1.
(4) This section is repealed effective April 1, 2012.