Emergency Flu Response Act of 2004
Latest action · Dec 1, 2004 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedNov 19, 2004
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Emergency Flu Response Act of 2004 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to immediately declare the shortage of the influenza vaccine to be a public health emergency justifying an authorization of the use of unapproved products.
Requires the Secretary to: (1) consult with certain foreign countries to assess the availability of excess vaccines; (2) determine whether such vaccines meet the criteria for emergency authorization; (3) purchase, import, and distribute such vaccines; (4) award a grant to each State to develop and implement a plan to respond to the current shortage; and (5) establish a program to purchase and redistribute excess doses for administration to individuals in priority areas.
Requires the head of each executive agency and the Attending Physician of the Capitol to ensure that vaccines are administered only to employees in priority groups and to provide the Secretary with any excess doses for redistribution.
Allows the Secretary to purchase any approved drug to treat influenza for inclusion in the Strategic National Stockpile.
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to conduct clinical trials to determine whether a diluted influenza vaccine is effective in priority groups.
Establishes the National Quarantine Compensation Program to pay individuals subject to a State or Federal quarantine order an amount equal to lost wages. Prohibits an employer from discharging or discriminating against such individuals.
Allows the Secretary, upon determining that measures taken under this Act have not been effective, to: (1) take additional measures necessary to protect the public health; and (2) require manufacturers or anyone in possession of the vaccine to sell their supply to the Federal Government.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Nov 19, 2004.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | Nov 19, 2004 |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Original | Nov 19, 2004 |
| D-NY | Timothy H. Bishop | Original | Nov 19, 2004 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 1, 2004Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Nov 19, 2004Introduced in House
- Nov 19, 2004Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2968 | Emergency Flu Response Act of 2004 | Identical bill | Oct 8, 2004 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Arts, Culture, Religion
- Aspirin
- Canada
- Caregivers
- Child health
- Chronically ill
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Clinical trials
- Commerce
- Compensation (Law)
- Congress
- Congressional agencies
- Congressional employees
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Discrimination in employment
- Dismissal of employees
- Drug approvals
- Drug industry
- East Asia
- Economics and Public Finance
- Emergency Management
- Emergency medicine
- Eminent domain
- Employee rights
- Europe
- European Union
- Families
- Federal aid to health facilities
- Federal employees
- Federal libraries
- Federal mandates
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Geriatrics
- Government Accountability Office (GAO)
- Government liability
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government procurement
- Governmental investigations
- Health
- Health education
- Imports
- Infants
- Influenza
- Japan
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Library of Congress
- Licenses
- Long-term care
- Marketing
- Medical personnel
- Nursing homes
- Pregnant women
- Preventive medicine
- Prices
- Public health administration
- Public service advertising
- Seniority in employment
- Social Welfare
- Standards
- Switzerland
- Vaccination
- Vaccines
- Wages
- Wholesale trade
- Women
- Women's health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 19, 2004Introduced in House
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