Vaccine INFO Act
- Last Action
- 7/21/2021
Actions
- 2021-07-21Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- 2021-07-21Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- 2021-07-15Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
- 2021-07-15Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- 2021-06-09Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 2021-06-09Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 2021-06-08Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
- 2021-06-08Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
- 2021-06-08Introduced in House
- 2021-06-08Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2021-06-08 (00)
Vaccine Information for Nursing Facility Operators Act or the Vaccine INFO Act
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to revise specified regulations that govern infection prevention and control programs in Medicare skilled nursing facilities and Medicaid nursing facilities to ensure that facilities provide their staff with specified information about certain immunizations.
For each immunization recommended for health care personnel by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, facilities must provide their staff with information about the benefits and potential side effects of each immunization.
Additional requirements apply based on whether or not a facility offers any of the recommended immunizations to its staff. Facilities that offer such immunizations must provide the information to staff before offering the immunization. Facilities that do not offer such immunizations must also provide information to staff about the availability and costs of the immunizations.
Cosponsors (1)
- Kathleen Rice (D-NY)
Subjects
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care coverage and access
- Health facilities and institutions
- Health information and medical records
- Health personnel
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Immunology and vaccination
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
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