SAVE Act

II 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 2114 To expand the definition of qualified persons for purposes of the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act to include health profes- sional students. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JUNE 17, 2021 Mr. KELLY (for himself and Ms. COLLINS) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To expand the definition of qualified persons for purposes of the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act to include health professional students. 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 ‘‘Student Assisted Vac- 4 cination Effort Act’’ or the ‘‘SAVE Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. QUALIFIED PERSONS. 6 Section 319F–3(i)(8) of the Public Health Service 7 Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–6d(i)(8)) is amended— 8 VerDate Sep 11 2014 16:35 Jun 25, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2114.IS S2114 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •S 2114 IS (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and 1 inserting a semicolon; 2 (2) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as sub- 3 paragraph (C); and 4 (3) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the fol- 5 lowing: 6 ‘‘(B) a medical, nursing, pharmacy, phar- 7 macy intern, midwife, paramedic, advanced or 8 intermediate emergency medical technician, 9 physician assistant, respiratory therapy, dental, 10 podiatry, optometry or veterinary student 11 with— 12 ‘‘(i) appropriate training in admin- 13 istering vaccines, as determined by the stu- 14 dent’s school or training program; and 15 ‘‘(ii) supervision by an individual de- 16 scribed in subparagraph (A); or’’. 17 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 16:35 Jun 25, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S2114.IS S2114 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS