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| Public Act 100-1042 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning regulation.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Nursing Home Care Act is amended by changing | ||||
Section 2-213 as follows:
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(210 ILCS 45/2-213)
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Sec. 2-213. Vaccinations.
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(a) A facility shall annually administer or arrange for | ||||
administration of a vaccination against influenza to
each
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resident, in accordance with the recommendations of the | ||||
Advisory Committee on
Immunization Practices of the Centers for | ||||
Disease Control and Prevention that
are most
recent to the time | ||||
of vaccination, unless the vaccination is medically
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contraindicated or
the resident has refused the vaccine. | ||||
Influenza vaccinations for all residents
age 65 and
over shall | ||||
be completed by November 30 of each year or as soon as | ||||
practicable
if vaccine
supplies are not available before | ||||
November 1. Residents admitted after November
30,
during the | ||||
flu season, and until February 1 shall, as medically | ||||
appropriate,
receive an influenza vaccination prior to or upon | ||||
admission or as soon as
practicable if vaccine
supplies are not | ||||
available at the time of the admission, unless the vaccine is
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medically
contraindicated or the resident has refused the | ||||
vaccine. In the event that the
Advisory
Committee on | ||
Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and
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Prevention
determines that dates of administration other than | ||
those stated in this Act are
optimal to
protect the health of | ||
residents, the Department is authorized to develop rules
to | ||
mandate
vaccinations at those times rather than the times | ||
stated in this Act. A
facility shall document in the resident's | ||
medical record that an annual
vaccination against influenza
was | ||
administered, arranged, refused or medically contraindicated.
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(b) A facility shall administer or arrange for | ||
administration of a pneumococcal
vaccination to each resident, | ||
in accordance with the
recommendations of the Advisory | ||
Committee on Immunization Practices of the
Centers
for Disease | ||
Control and Prevention, who has not received this immunization
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prior to or
upon admission to the facility, unless the resident | ||
refuses the offer for
vaccination or the
vaccination is | ||
medically contraindicated. A facility shall document in each
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resident's
medical record that a vaccination against | ||
pneumococcal pneumonia was offered
and administered, arranged, | ||
refused, or medically contraindicated.
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(c) All persons seeking admission to a nursing facility | ||
shall be verbally screened for risk factors associated with | ||
hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and the Human Immunodeficiency Virus | ||
(HIV) according to guidelines established by the U.S. Centers | ||
for Disease Control and Prevention. Persons who are identified | ||
as being at high risk for hepatitis B, hepatitis C, or HIV | ||
shall be offered an opportunity to undergo laboratory testing | ||
in order to determine infection status if they will be admitted | ||
to the nursing facility for at least 7 days and are not known | ||
to be infected with any of the listed viruses. All HIV testing | ||
shall be conducted in compliance with the AIDS Confidentiality | ||
Act. All persons determined to be susceptible to the hepatitis | ||
B virus shall be offered immunization within 10 days of | ||
admission to any nursing facility. A facility shall document in | ||
the resident's medical record that he or she was verbally | ||
screened for risk factors associated with hepatitis B, | ||
hepatitis C, and HIV, and whether or not the resident was | ||
immunized against hepatitis B. Nothing in this subsection (c) | ||
shall apply to a nursing facility licensed or regulated by the | ||
Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs. | ||
(d) A skilled nursing facility shall designate a person or | ||
persons as Infection Prevention and Control Professionals to | ||
develop and implement policies governing control of infections | ||
and communicable diseases. The Infection Prevention and | ||
Control Professionals shall be qualified through education, | ||
training, experience, or certification or a combination of such | ||
qualifications. The Infection Prevention and Control | ||
Professional's qualifications shall be documented and shall be | ||
made available for inspection by the Department. | ||
(e) The Department shall provide facilities with | ||
educational information on all vaccines recommended by the | ||
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory | ||
Committee on Immunization Practices, including, but not | ||
limited to, the risks associated with shingles and how to | ||
protect oneself against the varicella-zoster virus. A facility | ||
shall distribute the information to: (1) each resident who | ||
requests the information; and (2) each newly admitted resident. | ||
The facility may distribute the information to residents | ||
electronically. | ||
(Source: P.A. 97-107, eff. 1-1-12; 98-271, eff. 1-1-14.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | ||
1, 2019.
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