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H760 • 2025

An Act to increase access to the flu vaccine for older adults

An Act to increase access to the flu vaccine for older adults

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Sponsor
Rob Consalvo
Last action
2026-05-04
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means
Effective date
Not listed

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An Act to increase access to the flu vaccine for older adults

An Act to increase access to the flu vaccine for older adults By Representative Consalvo of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to increase access to the flu vaccine for older adults By Representative Consalvo of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 760) of Rob Consalvo relative to immunizations against influenza virus to all inpatients sixty-five years of age and older.
  • Elder Affairs.
  • Status: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-04 House

    Accompanied by H764

  2. 2026-05-04 House

    Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting therefor a bill with the same title, see H5411

  3. 2026-05-04 House

    Referred to the committee on House Ways and Means with the amendment pending

  4. 2026-03-19 House

    Reporting date extended to Monday, June 15, 2026

  5. 2025-12-08 House

    Reporting date extended to Wednesday, March 18, 2026

  6. 2025-11-20 House

    Reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Health Care Financing

  7. 2025-09-03 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 09/16/2025 from 10:00 AM-1:00 PM in A-2

  8. 2025-06-27 Joint

    Referred, pursuant to an order adopted by the two branches, to the committee on Aging and Independence

  9. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Elder Affairs

  10. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act to increase access to the flu vaccine for older adults
By Representative Consalvo of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 760) of Rob Consalvo relative to immunizations against influenza virus to all inpatients sixty-five years of age and older. Elder Affairs.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.760

SECTION 1.

Section XXXXX is added to read:

Each year from October 1 through February 1 of the following year 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 sixty-five years of age and older, unless contraindicated, and contingent upon the availability of the vaccine.

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