SAVE Act
- Last Action
- 6/17/2021
Actions
- 2021-06-17Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- 2021-06-17Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2021-06-17 (00)
Student Assisted Vaccination Effort Act or the SAVE Act
This bill expands the types of medical personnel authorized to administer or use a covered countermeasure (i.e., a qualified pandemic or epidemic product, a security countermeasure, certain drugs, biomedical products, or medical devices, or a respiratory protective device) during a federally-declared public health emergency to include specified health profession students with appropriate training in administering vaccines and supervision by a licensed health professional.
Cosponsors (2)
- Susan Collins (R-ME)
- Jerry Moran (R-KS)
Subjects
- Allied health services
- Civil actions and liability
- Dental care
- Drug therapy
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Health care quality
- Health personnel
- Immunology and vaccination
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Medical education
- Nursing
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