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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 922
HOUSE BILL NO. 2569
By Representatives Kumar, Pearson
Substituted for: Senate Bill No. 1584
By Senators Haile, Campbell
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, relative to immunization.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 68-11-266, is amended by deleting
the section and substituting:
In accordance with the latest recommendations of the advisory committee on
immunization practices of the federal centers for disease control and prevention, unless
contraindicated and subject to the availability of vaccine, a hospital shall:
(1) Offer an inpatient who is fifty (50) years of age or older immunization
against influenza disease each year from October 1 through March 1 prior to
discharging the inpatient; and
(2) Offer an inpatient who is fifty (50) years of age or older immunization
against pneumococcal disease prior to discharging the inpatient.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2026, the public welfare requiring it.
HOUSE BILL NO. 2569
PASSED: April 14, 2026
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CAMERON SEXTON, SPEAKER
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
RANDY MCNALL.:
SPEAKER OF THE SENAT
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APPROVED this _ _ _ day of
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