Vaccine Access and Supply Act

Bill: 109-hr-3502
Sponsor: Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-30]
Introduced: 2005-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Accounting
Child health
Clinics
Coinsurance
Commerce
Communication in medicine
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Drug industry
Economics and Public Finance
Employee health benefits
Epidemiology
Excise tax
Families
Federal aid to research
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government procurement
Grants-in-aid
Health education
Health insurance continuation
Health planning
Indexing (Economic policy)
Influenza
Labor and Employment
Medicaid
Medical economics
Medically uninsured
Pharmaceutical research
Prices
Research grants
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Tax penalties
Taxation
Vaccination
Vaccines

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: 
Vaccine Access and Supply Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) negotiate with producers of the influenza vaccine and other periodic-change vaccines to reach an agreement on the number of doses of the vaccine that each producer will manufacturer for the season; (2) purchase 50% of such a manufacturer's doses that are unsold for the season for the average sales price; and (3) establish a program for the distribution of qualified adult vaccine through states for providers to administer to eligible adults without charge to the state, providers, or eligible adults.
 
Requires each manufacturer or distributor of an approved vaccine to provide the Secretary with the location of vaccine supplies if the Secretary declares there is a shortage of the vaccine that constitutes a public health emergency.
 
Requires the Secretary to develop: (1) a response to potential vaccine supply shortages; and (2) a program to promote immunizations with federally recommended vaccines among the adult population.
 
Requires a manufacturer of an approved vaccine to notify the Secretary 12 months prior to discontinuing manufacture of the vaccine, with exceptions.
 
Requires the Secretary to submit a plan to Congress to facilitate the participation of manufacturers in maintaining a six-month supply of pediatric vaccines.
 
Amends Title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to prohibit a provider from imposing a copayment, cost sharing charge, or similar charge for administering to an eligible individual a vaccine that is included on the recommended vaccine schedule for adults. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
action_date: 2005-08-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-08-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Introduced in House