Flu Protection Act of 2005
Latest action · Apr 13, 2005 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1900)
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.
- IntroducedFeb 15, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Flu Protection Act of 2005 - Amends the Public Health Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to conduct, annually, a public influenza awareness campaign and education and outreach efforts preceding the flu season.
Requires the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to urge early and full preordering of the influenza vaccine by Medicare providers.
Requires the Director to: (1) work with the Administrator to publish influenza immunization rates among Medicare recipients; (2) support the development of State adult immunization programs that emphasize improving influenza vaccine delivery to high-risk populations and the general population; and (3) work with appropriate agencies to assess the efficacy of the influenza vaccine.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a vaccine manufacturing facilities investment tax credit (20 percent of qualifying property per year) for property placed in service by December 31, 2009.
Requires the Secretary to: (1) enter into contracts with manufacturers to produce additional necessary doses of the influenza vaccine; and (2) encourage States to develop a contingency plan for maximizing influenza immunization for high-risk populations in the event of a delay or shortage of the vaccine.
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Vaccine Program, to establish a protocol to prevent, prepare for, and respond to an influenza pandemic or epidemic.
Cosponsors 34
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 15, 2005 to Oct 17, 2005, with 13 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Original | Feb 15, 2005 |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Original | Feb 15, 2005 |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Original | Feb 15, 2005 |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Original | Feb 15, 2005 |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Original | Feb 15, 2005 |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Original | Feb 15, 2005 |
| D-AR | Marion Berry | Original | Feb 15, 2005 |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Original | Feb 15, 2005 |
| D-HI | Neil Abercrombie | Original | Feb 15, 2005 |
| D-RI | Patrick J. Kennedy | Original | Feb 15, 2005 |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Original | Feb 15, 2005 |
| D-TX | Silvestre Reyes | Original | Feb 15, 2005 |
| D-AR | Vic Snyder | Original | Feb 15, 2005 |
| D-TN | Bart Gordon | Apr 5, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Gary L. Ackerman | Apr 5, 2005 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Jun 24, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Howard L. Berman | Jun 24, 2005 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Jun 29, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Major R. Owens | Jun 29, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Timothy H. Bishop | Jun 29, 2005 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Sep 6, 2005 | |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Sep 13, 2005 | |
| D-CA | George Miller | Sep 13, 2005 | |
| D-IL | Jerry F. Costello | Sep 13, 2005 | |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Sep 14, 2005 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Sep 14, 2005 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Sep 15, 2005 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Sep 15, 2005 | |
| D-LA | William J. Jefferson | Sep 20, 2005 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Oct 6, 2005 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Oct 6, 2005 | |
| D-NC | Bob Etheridge | Oct 17, 2005 | |
| D-NC | Brad Miller | Oct 17, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Oct 17, 2005 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 13, 2005Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1900)
- Feb 25, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Feb 15, 2005Introduced in House
- Feb 15, 2005Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 375 | Flu Protection Act of 2005 | Identical bill | Feb 15, 2005 |
| HR 628 | Flu Protection Act of 2005 | Related bill | Feb 25, 2005 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Access to health care
- Child health
- Commerce
- Communication in medicine
- Drug industry
- Drugs
- Education
- Electronic government information
- Epidemics
- Epidemiology
- Families
- Federal-state relations
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government publicity
- Health
- Health education
- Health planning
- Health surveys
- Higher education
- Income tax
- Influenza
- International Affairs
- International cooperation
- Internet
- Investment tax credit
- Medical education
- Medical personnel
- Medical research
- Medical statistics
- Medicare
- Nurses
- Pharmaceutical research
- Pharmacists
- Physicians
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Social Welfare
- Taxation
- Vaccination
- Vaccines
- Web sites
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