Bill > SB0747

This bill amends Tennessee law to require hospitals to offer certain immunizations to patients before discharging them. Specifically, it mandates that hospitals offer an influenza vaccination to patients 50 years of age or older who are being discharged between October 1 and March 1, and a pneumococcal vaccination to patients 65 years of age or older before their discharge. The bill aims to align these requirements with the latest recommendations from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, subject to vaccine availability and unless contraindicated. The bill takes effect on July 1, 2023.