Vaccine Access and Supply Act
Latest action · Oct 12, 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
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.
- IntroducedJul 28, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Vaccine Access and Supply Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) negotiate with producers of the influenza vaccine and other periodic-change vaccines to reach an agreement on the number of doses of the vaccine that each producer will manufacturer for the season; (2) purchase 50% of such a manufacturer's doses that are unsold for the season for the average sales price; and (3) establish a program for the distribution of qualified adult vaccine through states for providers to administer to eligible adults without charge to the state, providers, or eligible adults.
Requires each manufacturer or distributor of an approved vaccine to provide the Secretary with the location of vaccine supplies if the Secretary declares there is a shortage of the vaccine that constitutes a public health emergency.
Requires the Secretary to develop: (1) a response to potential vaccine supply shortages; and (2) a program to promote immunizations with federally recommended vaccines among the adult population.
Requires a manufacturer of an approved vaccine to notify the Secretary 12 months prior to discontinuing manufacture of the vaccine, with exceptions.
Requires the Secretary to submit a plan to Congress to facilitate the participation of manufacturers in maintaining a six-month supply of pediatric vaccines.
Amends Title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to prohibit a provider from imposing a copayment, cost sharing charge, or similar charge for administering to an eligible individual a vaccine that is included on the recommended vaccine schedule for adults.
Cosponsors 15
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 28, 2005 to Sep 6, 2006, with 2 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Sep 13, 2005 | |
| D-LA | William J. Jefferson | Sep 20, 2005 | |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Nov 7, 2005 | |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Nov 7, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Nov 7, 2005 | |
| D-HI | Neil Abercrombie | Nov 7, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Nov 8, 2005 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Feb 14, 2006 | |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | Mar 28, 2006 | |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Jul 12, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Howard L. Berman | Jul 13, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Juanita Millender-McDonald | Jul 13, 2006 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Sep 6, 2006 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 12, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
- Aug 5, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jul 28, 2005Introduced in House
- Jul 28, 2005Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1527 | Vaccine Access and Supply Act | Identical bill | Jul 28, 2005 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Access to health care
- Accounting
- Child health
- Clinics
- Coinsurance
- Commerce
- Communication in medicine
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Drug industry
- Economics and Public Finance
- Employee health benefits
- Epidemiology
- Excise tax
- Families
- Federal aid to research
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government procurement
- Grants-in-aid
- Health
- Health education
- Health insurance continuation
- Health planning
- Indexing (Economic policy)
- Influenza
- Labor and Employment
- Medicaid
- Medical economics
- Medically uninsured
- Pharmaceutical research
- Prices
- Research grants
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Social Welfare
- Tax penalties
- Taxation
- Vaccination
- Vaccines
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 28, 2005Introduced in House
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