Bill > S1993

This bill requires hospitals to provide parents of newborns with educational information about pertussis, also known as whooping cough, and the vaccine available to prevent it. This information must be given to parents before their newborn is discharged from the hospital and should include recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), a federal agency that provides guidance on public health, regarding the Dtap vaccine for parents during the postpartum period to protect their babies. The bill clarifies that hospitals are not obligated to provide or pay for the vaccine itself.