Seasonal Influenza and Pandemic Preparation Act of 2005
Latest action · Dec 15, 2005 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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.
- IntroducedDec 15, 2005
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Seasonal Influenza and Pandemic Preparation Act of 2005 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a national voluntary influenza vaccination program to provide free influenza vaccines. Requires the Secretary to reimburse participating entities for the cost of administering such vaccines.
Requires the Secretary to award grants to health departments, public hospitals, federally qualified health centers, and other entities to facilitate: (1) the establishment of influenza vaccination programs in partnership with private entities; and (2) the development of influenza vaccination programs for students and families of students.
Requires the Secretary to: (1) award grants to elementary and secondary schools to facilitate the development of a voluntary influenza vaccination program; (2) develop an immunization plan with immunization target numbers for Medicare, Medicaid, and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP); (3) provide bonus payments to eligible health care providers and other entities who meet such immunization targets; (4) establish a Volunteer Vaccine Corps to facilitate the distribution of vaccines during a public health emergency related to an influenza outbreak; (5) maintain a database of Corps members; and (6) award grants for the training of Corps members. Limits the liability of Corps members when performing their duties.
Requires the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to establish a national public affairs campaign to increase influenza immunization rates.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 15, 2005Introduced in Senate
- Dec 15, 2005Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Commerce
- Communication in medicine
- Data banks
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Elementary and secondary education
- Employee training
- Families
- Federal aid to child health services
- Federal aid to education
- Federal aid to health facilities
- Government Operations and Politics
- Health
- Health information systems
- Health insurance
- Influenza
- Labor and Employment
- Medicaid
- Medical fees
- Medically uninsured
- Medicare
- Poor children
- Public health personnel
- Public service advertising
- Public-private partnerships
- School health programs
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Social Welfare
- Vaccination
- Vaccines
- Volunteer workers
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 15, 2005Introduced in Senate
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