SB 6486 - DIGEST |
Requires hospitals to adopt a policy that: (1) Provides influenza vaccination, free of charge, to the hospital's health care workers; |
(2) Requires workers who decline the vaccination to participate in an educational program about the vaccine; |
(3) Requires workers to provide annual documentation of immunization for influenza or a signed declination citing medical, religious, or philosophical objections; and |
(4) Requires workers, while unvaccinated for influenza, to wear personal protective equipment when working with patients during influenza season. |