BILL NUMBER: AB 689	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bonta

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2013

   An act to add Section 1250.12 to the Health and Safety Code,
relating to health facilities.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 689, as introduced, Bonta. Health facilities: influenza and
pneumococcal disease.
   Under existing law, the State Department of Public Health licenses
and regulates various types of health facilities, including general
acute care hospitals. A violation of these provisions is a crime, as
specified.
   This bill would require each general acute care hospital annually,
beginning no later than October 1 and ending on the following April
1, except when there is a national vaccine shortage, to offer onsite
vaccinations for influenza and pneumococcal disease to all patients
at discharge, pursuant to the procedures of the hospital and in
accordance with the recommendations of the advisory committee on
immunization practices of the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention of the United States Department of Health and Human
Services as the recommendations existed on January 1, 2012.
   Because the bill would create a new crime, the bill would impose a
state-mandated local program.
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 1250.12 is added to the Health and Safety Code,
to read:
   1250.12.  In order to prevent, detect, and control pneumonia and
influenza outbreaks, each general acute care hospital, shall
annually, beginning no later than October 1 and ending on the
following April 1, except when there is a national vaccine shortage,
offer onsite vaccinations for influenza and pneumococcal disease to
all patients at discharge, pursuant to the procedures of the facility
and in accordance with the recommendations of the advisory committee
on immunization practices of the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention of the United States Department of Health and Human
Services, as the recommendations existed on January 1, 2012. Nothing
in this section shall be construed to require a hospital to cover the
cost of a vaccination provided pursuant to this section.
  SEC. 2.  No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or
infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty
for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the
Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the
meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution.