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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-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Vaccine Information 
for Nursing Facility Operators Act’’ or the ‘‘Vaccine 
INFO Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REQUIRING DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION ON 
ACIP RECOMMENDED IMMUNIZATIONS TO 
STAFF OF NURSING FACILITIES. 
Not later than 6 months after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services shall revise section 483.80 of title 42, Code of 
Federal Regulations, to require that the policies and pro-
cedures that are required under such section to be devel-
oped by a facility described in such section as part of the 
infection prevention and control program described in such 
section shall include policies and procedures to ensure 
that— 
(1) all individuals who are staff of the facility 
(as defined for purposes of such section) are pro-
vided information on the benefits and potential side 
effects for each immunization recommended by the 
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices for 
health care personnel; 
(2) in the case that the facility offers such an 
immunization to an individual described in para-
graph (1), the information described in such para-
graph for the respective immunization so offered is 
provided to such individual before such immuniza-
tion is offered to such individual by such facility; 
and 
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(3) in the case that the facility does not offer 
such an immunization to individuals who are de-
scribed in paragraph (1), the facility includes with 
the information required to be provided to such indi-
viduals under such paragraph for the respective im-
munization that is not so offered, information on the 
availability of such immunization, including locations 
for receiving such immunization, and the associated 
costs to the individual for such immunization. 
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