UPDATE! 1/20/12 @ 11:50am. The Governor pocket vetoed (A3920) the flu vaccine for healthcare workers! Thank you to all who called and expressed your opposition. Please call his office @ (609)777-2500 or (609)292-6000 to thank him for NOT SIGNING this bill! From the NJ Legislative website: POCKET VETO The only type of veto in which … Read more
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 … Read more
The flu (A3920) bill passed the assembly on Thurs. (the previous vote was the passage of amendments). Here is the list of the votes. We did receive 13 no votes and 9 members did not vote (don’t know if they were not present, or just didn’t vote). Call the offices of the no’s and thank … Read more
The status of A3920, the bill that requires health care facilities to offer influenza vaccination to their health care workers, passed the Assembly Health Committee unanimously with some minor amendments. The current text of the bill can be found here. http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2010/Bills/A4000/3920_R1.PDF
Assembly Health Committee Meeting: The audio recording of this meeting is archived online. Click this link to listen, http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/media/archive_audio2.asp?KEY=AHE&SESSION=2010 then Click “listen”, on the Thursday, May 19th date. At about 14:50 is when A3920 (Flu vaccine for health care workers) started. Charlotte Vandervalk started Speaking at the 17:39 mark. She brought up the fact that … Read more