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          Date of Hearing:   April 30, 2014

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                  Mike Gatto, Chair

                 AB 2069 (Maienschein) - As Amended:  April 24, 2014 

          Policy Committee:                              Health Vote:19-0

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          No     Reimbursable:              No

           SUMMARY  

          This bill requires the Department of Public Health (DPH) to  
          annually post educational information about influenza disease  
          and the availability of influenza vaccinations on the  
          department's Internet Web site prior to the annual influenza  
          season.

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          Minor and absorbable costs to DPH.

           COMMENTS  

           1)Purpose  . According to the author, this bill will provide  
            additional information to the public about the importance of  
            getting a flu vaccine innoculation.  The author further states  
            Sacramento County data show that the majority of people  
            hospitalized or who died from the flu in 2013 had not been  
            immunized, and that state officials have been quoted as saying  
            people are becoming ill or dying because they do not take  
            advantage of available vaccines.

           2)Prior Legislation  . 

             a)   AB 689 (Bonta) of 2013 would have required hospitals to  
               offer an onsite flu vaccine annually to all patients prior  
               to discharge, as specified, and required hospitals to  
               inform patients they may be required to pay for the  
               vaccination.  AB 689 was held on the Suspense File of this  
               committee.

             b)   AB 106 (Berg), Chapter 378, Statutes of 2007, requires  








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               hospitals to offer, prior to discharge, immunizations for  
               flu and pneumococcal disease to its inpatients aged 65  
               years of age or older, as specified.


           Analysis Prepared by  :    Lisa Murawski / APPR. / (916) 319-2081