RS 1428 - Immunization information; influenza
A. Each licensed specialized provider or child-placing agency, before November first of each year, shall make available to each child's parent or legal guardian and to each youth aged eighteen or above information relative to the risks associated with influenza and the availability, effectiveness, known contraindications, and possible side effects of the influenza immunization. Such information shall include the causes and symptoms of influenza, the means by which influenza is spread, and the places where a parent or legal guardian may obtain additional information and where a child or youth may be immunized against influenza. Such information shall be updated annually if new information on such disease is available.
B.(1) The Louisiana Department of Health shall develop and provide information on influenza immunization to the Department of Children and Family Services. The Department of Children and Family Services shall provide such information to each licensed specialized provider or child-placing agency, which shall make the information available to each child's parent or legal guardian and to each youth aged eighteen or above pursuant to Subsection A of this Section.
(2) The Louisiana Department of Health and the Department of Children and Family Services shall determine respectively the most cost-effective and efficient means of distributing such information.
C. The Department of Children and Family Services, in consultation with the Louisiana Department of Health, shall establish by rules and regulations all guidelines and procedures for carrying out the provisions of this Section in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.
D. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to require any specialized provider or child-placing agency, the Department of Children and Family Services, or the Louisiana Department of Health to provide or pay for immunizations against influenza.
Acts 2009, No. 343, §1; Acts 2013, No. 179, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014; Acts 2014, No. 868, §5, eff. Oct. 1, 2014; Acts 2016, No. 502, §1.