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cine is administered in the State involved, the data de-
scribed in this subsection is as follows:
‘‘(1) The name, age, and address of the child.
‘‘(2) The date on which the vaccine was adminis-
tered to the child.
‘‘(3) The name and business address of the health
care provider that administered the vaccine.
‘‘(4) The address of the facility at which the vac-
cine was administered.
‘‘(5) The name and address of one or both par-
ents of the child as of the date on which the vaccine
was administered, if such information is available to
the health care provider.
‘‘(6) The type of vaccine.
‘‘(7) The lot number or other information identi-
fying the particular manufacturing batch of the vac-
cine.
‘‘(8) The dose of vaccine that was administered.
‘‘(9) A notation of the presence of any adverse
medical reactions that the child experienced in rela-
tion to the vaccine and of which the health care pro-
vider is aware, in accordance with section 2125.
‘‘(10) The presence of contraindications noted by
the health care provider with respect to administra-
tion of the vaccine to the child.
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‘‘(11) Such other data regarding immunizations
for the child, including identifying data, as the Sec-
retary, in consultation with State public health offi-
cials, may require consistent with applicable law (in-
cluding social security account numbers furnished
pursuant to section 205(c)(2)(E) of the Social Secu-
rity Act).
‘‘(d) LIMITATION.—The Secretary may not establish
information reporting requirements in addition to those de-
scribed in subsection (c) if such requirements are unduly
burdensome.
‘‘(e) DATE CERTAIN FOR SUBMISSION TO REGISTRY.—
The Secretary may make a grant under section 2146 only
if the State involved agrees to ensure that, with respect to
a child—
‘‘(1) the data described in subsection (b) are sub-
mitted to the registry under such section as soon as
possible but in no event later than 8 weeks after the
date on which the child is born; and
‘‘(2) the data described in subsection (c) with re-
spect to a vaccine are submitted to such registry as
soon as possible but in no event later than 4 weeks
after the date on which the vaccine is administered to
the child.
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‘‘(f) UNIFORMITY IN METHODOLOGIES.—The Secretary
shall, in consultation with State public health officials, es-
tablish standards regarding the methodologies used in estab-
lishing and operating registries under section 2146, and
may make a grant under such section only if the State
agrees to comply with the standards. The Secretary shall
provide maximum flexibility to the States while also retain-
ing a reasonable degree of uniformity among the States in
such methodologies for the purpose of ensuring the utility,
comparability, and exchange of the data maintained in
such registries.
‘‘(g) COORDINATION AMONG STATES.—The Secretary
may make a grant under section 2146 to a State only if,
with respect to the operation of the registry of the State
under such section, the State agrees to transfer that infor-
mation contained in the State registry pursuant to section
2146 to other States upon the request of such States for such
information.
‘‘SEC. 2148. FEDERAL STANDARDS ON CONFIDENTIALITY.
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consulta-
tion with the States, shall by regulation establish
standards providing for maintaining the confidential-
ity of the identity of individuals with respect to
whom data are maintained in registries under section