Vaccine INFO Act

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3742 To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue revised regulations to require the dissemination of information on ACIP rec- ommended immunizations to staff of nursing facilities. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JUNE 8, 2021 Mr. BILIRAKIS (for himself and Miss RICE of New York) introduced the fol- lowing bill; which was referred 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 consider- ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue revised regulations to require the dissemination of information on ACIP recommended immunizations to staff of nursing facilities. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Vaccine Information 4 for Nursing Facility Operators Act’’ or the ‘‘Vaccine 5 INFO Act’’. 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:40 Jun 08, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3742.IH H3742 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 3742 IH SEC. 2. REQUIRING DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION ON 1 ACIP RECOMMENDED IMMUNIZATIONS TO 2 STAFF OF NURSING FACILITIES. 3 Not later than 6 months after the date of the enact- 4 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human 5 Services shall revise section 483.80 of title 42, Code of 6 Federal Regulations, to require that the policies and pro- 7 cedures that are required under such section to be devel- 8 oped by a facility described in such section as part of the 9 infection prevention and control program described in such 10 section shall include policies and procedures to ensure 11 that— 12 (1) all individuals who are staff of the facility 13 (as defined for purposes of such section) are pro- 14 vided information on the benefits and potential side 15 effects for each immunization recommended by the 16 Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices for 17 health care personnel; 18 (2) in the case that the facility offers such an 19 immunization to an individual described in para- 20 graph (1), the information described in such para- 21 graph for the respective immunization so offered is 22 provided to such individual before such immuniza- 23 tion is offered to such individual by such facility; 24 and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:40 Jun 08, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3742.IH H3742 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 3742 IH (3) in the case that the facility does not offer 1 such an immunization to individuals who are de- 2 scribed in paragraph (1), the facility includes with 3 the information required to be provided to such indi- 4 viduals under such paragraph for the respective im- 5 munization that is not so offered, information on the 6 availability of such immunization, including locations 7 for receiving such immunization, and the associated 8 costs to the individual for such immunization. 9 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:40 Jun 08, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3742.IH H3742 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS