Call and e-mail your Senator and ask them to vote NO on this legislation. This is the final step before it hits the Governor’s desk for his signature.
Please call and e-mail your Senator ASAP. Contact them today (Friday) as well as Monday. Senators e-mail address are sen(last name)@njleg.org. Calls are important because e-mails are often checked by staff members and messages may not get to Senators in a timely fashion. You can find Senator contact info. at http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/legsearch.asp
This bill S2984, is identical to A3920. Ask them to vote NO on A3920/S2984. We can’t afford any more expenses in NJ. This bill could be a hardship for some facilities that may not have the staff and space to provide this shot. Health Care facilities can already provide this for their workers it doesn’t need to be required.
This bill will require health care facilities to “offer” influenza vaccine to health care workers and “track” those who have received the vaccine and those who refuse the vaccine. This opens the door for vaccine mandates for adults. Records will be maintained regarding who has received this vaccine and who has declined it.
- This bill is a waste of health care dollars – NJ can’t afford this cost
- Health Care workers already have access to the flu vaccine, we don’t need this bill.
- The bill language follows ACIP (Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices) recommendations which can change and result in adult vaccine mandates, etc.
- This bill promotes the spread of the flu virus (flu mist is a live virus vaccine that causes the flu)
- Reports have shown the flu vaccine to be ineffective (Cochran review 2011 http://www2.cochrane.org/reviews/en/ab005187.html)
A3920 Requires health care facilities to offer influenza vaccination to their health care workers.
2nd Reading in the Senate
Identical Bill Number: S2984
Conaway, Herb, Jr. as Primary Sponsor
Conners, Jack as Primary Sponsor
Ramos, Ruben J., Jr. as Primary Sponsor
Wagner, Connie as Co-Sponsor
Benson, Daniel R. as Co-Sponsor
Chivukula, Upendra J. as Co-Sponsor
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5/5/2011 Introduced, Referred to Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee
5/19/2011 Reported out of Assembly Comm. with Amendments, 2nd Reading
12/5/2011 Assembly Floor Amendment Passed (Conaway)
12/15/2011 Passed by the Assembly (55-13-2)
12/15/2011 Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
Introduced – 4 pages PDF Format HTML Format
Statement – AHE 5/19/11 – 2 pages PDF Format HTML Format
Reprint – 3 pages PDF Format HTML Format
Floor Statement – Assembly 12/5/11 1R – 1 pages PDF Format HTML Format
Reprint – 3 pages PDF Format HTML Format
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Committee Voting:
AHE 5/19/2011 – r/Aca – Yes {10} No {0} Not Voting {1} Abstains {0} –
Roll Call
Conaway, Herb, Jr. (C) – Yes
Wagner, Connie (V) – Yes
Angelini, Mary Pat – Yes
Benson, Daniel R. – Yes
Green, Jerry – Yes
Handlin, Amy H. – Yes
Munoz, Nancy F. – Yes
Polistina, Vincent J. – Yes
Quigley, Joan M. – Not Voting
Riley, Celeste M. – Yes
Tucker, Cleopatra G. – Yes
Session Voting:
Asm. 12/15/2011 – 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE – Yes {55} No {13} Not Voting {9} Abstains {2} –
Roll Call
Albano, Nelson T. – Yes
Amodeo, John F. – Yes
Angelini, Mary Pat – Yes
Barnes, Peter J., III – Yes
Benson, Daniel R. – Yes
Bramnick, Jon M. – Yes
Bucco, Anthony M. – No
Burzichelli, John J. – Yes
Caputo, Ralph R. – Yes
Carroll, Michael Patrick – Yes
Casagrande, Caroline – Yes
Chiusano, Gary R. – No
Chivukula, Upendra J. – Yes
Ciattarelli, Jack M. – Yes
Conaway, Herb, Jr. – Yes
Coughlin, Craig J. – Yes
Coutinho, Albert – Yes
Coyle, Denise M. – Not Voting
Cryan, Joseph – Yes
Dancer, Ronald S. – No
DeAngelo, Wayne P. – Yes
DeCroce, Alex – No
DiCicco, Domenick, Jr. – Not Voting
DiMaio, John – No
Diegnan, Patrick J., Jr. – Yes
Egan, Joseph V. – Yes
Evans, Elease – Yes
Fuentes, Angel – Yes
Giblin, Thomas P. – Not Voting
Gove, DiAnne C. – No
Green, Jerry – Yes
Greenwald, Louis D. – Yes
Gusciora, Reed – Not Voting
Handlin, Amy H. – Not Voting
Holzapfel, James W. – Not Voting
Jasey, Mila M. – Yes
Johnson, Gordon M. – Yes
Lampitt, Pamela R. – Yes
Mainor, Charles – Yes
Malone, Joseph R., III – No
McHose, Alison Littell – No
McKeon, John F. – Yes
Milam, Matthew W. – Yes
Moriarty, Paul D. – Not Voting
Munoz, Nancy F. – Yes
Nardello, Gerry – Yes
O’Donnell, Jason – Yes
O’Scanlon, Declan J., Jr. – Yes
Oliver, Sheila Y. – Yes
Peterson, Erik – No
Polistina, Vincent J. – Yes
Pou, Nellie – Yes
Prieto, Vincent – Yes
Quigley, Joan M. – Yes
Quijano, Annette – Yes
Ramos, Ruben J., Jr. – Yes
Rible, David P. – Abstain
Riley, Celeste M. – Yes
Rudder, Scott – Not Voting
Rumana, Scott T. – Abstain
Rumpf, Brian E. – No
Russo, David C. – Yes
Ryan, Kevin J. – Yes
Schaer, Gary S. – Yes
Schroeder, Robert – No
Singleton, Troy – Yes
Spencer, L. Grace – Yes
Stender, Linda – Not Voting
Thompson, Samuel D. – Yes
Tucker, Cleopatra G. – Yes
Vainieri Huttle, Valerie – Yes
Vandervalk, Charlotte – No
Voss, Joan M. – Yes
Wagner, Connie – Yes
Watson Coleman, Bonnie – Yes
Webber, Jay – Yes
Wilson, Gilbert L. – Yes
Wisniewski, John S. – Yes
Wolfe, David W. – No