A bill to require hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and intermediate care facilities to provide free innoculation of workers against hepatitis B virus.
Bill journey · stage 2 of 5
Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Jul 29, 1987)
Requires that hospitals and skilled nursing and intermediate care facilities participating under title XVIII (Medicare) or XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act offer their employees who are at an occupational risk of exposure to blood borne viruses inoculation against hepatitis B virus without charge. Reduces, by ten percent, Medicare and Medicaid payments to hospitals and facilities which fail to make such inoculations available. Requires that such funds withheld from noncompliant hospitals and facilities be used to make grants to hospitals and facilities to fund hepatitis B vaccine purchases. Allows hospital and facility employees to exercise an informed choice not to receive such a vaccination.
What just happenedAug 3, 1987
Referred to Subcommittee on Health.
Who’s behind it
- Aug 3, 1987CommitteeH11000
Referred to Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Aug 3, 1987CommitteeH11000
Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Health and Environment Subcommittee - Jul 29, 1987IntroReferralH11100
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Ways and Means Committee - Jul 29, 1987IntroReferralH11100
Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Jul 29, 1987IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Jul 29, 1987IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House