BILL NUMBER:  SB 1318
  VETOED	DATE: 09/30/2012




To the Members of the California State Senate:

I am returning Senate Bill 1318 without my signature.

Encouraging health care workers to be vaccinated against influenza is
good policy, and I support the national goal of achieving a 90
percent compliance rate by 2020.  Indeed, several counties and many
hospitals have already adopted strict mandatory vaccination policies
for their employees, and others are moving voluntarily in this
direction.

This bill would move the date up to 2015 and make compliance
mandatory, which are requirements I do not believe are reasonable.  I
have confidence that local governments and health facilities are
well equipped to make these decisions on their own.

Sincerely,



Edmund G. Brown Jr.