MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2022 Regular Session
To: Public Health and Human Services
By: Representative Hood
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-9-39, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REDUCE TO 50 YEARS OF AGE THE MINIMUM AGE OF HOSPITAL INPATIENTS WHO MUST BE OFFERED IMMUNIZATIONS AGAINST INFLUENZA VIRUS BEFORE THEIR DISCHARGE FROM THE HOSPITAL; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 41-9-39, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
41-9-39. (1) Each year
from October 1 through March 1 and in accordance with the latest
recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, each hospital shall offer, prior to
discharge, immunizations against influenza virus to all inpatients * * * fifty (50) years
of age and older unless contraindicated and contingent upon the availability of
the vaccine.
(2) Any hospital, or employee thereof, shall be immune from civil liability for any personal injury as a result of complying or not complying with the requirements of subsection (1) if the hospital or employee's action or failure to act do not amount to willful or wanton misconduct or gross negligence.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2022.