HCR105 - Designating June 3 as Vaccine Injury Awareness Day for a 10-year period ending in 2035.

  89R17906 BK-D     By: Toth H.C.R. No. 105       CONCURRENT RESOLUTION          WHEREAS, The National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986   created a no-fault procedure called the National Vaccine Injury   Compensation Program to help protect vaccine manufacturers from   lawsuits asserting that injuries and deaths were caused by   vaccinations; and          WHEREAS, With the implementation of the law, the Vaccine   Adverse Event Reporting System was introduced, enabling consumers   and health care practitioners to report side effects that occurred   after vaccine administration; and          WHEREAS, Through February 2025, approximately $5.3 billion   has been paid out to victims of vaccine injury through the National   Vaccine Injury Compensation Program; and          WHEREAS, According to a study conducted by Harvard Pilgrim   Health Care, less than one percent of vaccine adverse events are   reported to the Food and Drug Administration, allowing for many   cases to go undocumented and unacknowledged; and          WHEREAS, Injuries caused by vaccines inflict a significant   physical and emotional toll on individuals and their loved ones,   and the residents of Texas can benefit from learning more about this   important health care issue; now, therefore, be it          RESOLVED, That the 89th Legislature of the State of Texas   hereby designate June 3 as Vaccine Injury Awareness Day; and, be it   further          RESOLVED, That, in accordance with the provisions of Section   391.004(d), Government Code, this designation remain in effect   until the 10th anniversary of the date this resolution is finally   passed by the legislature.