Vaccinate All Children Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2527
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24]
Introduced: 2019-05-03
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health

Elementary and secondary education

Health programs administration and funding

Health promotion and preventive care

Immunology and vaccination
Latest action: action_date: 2019-05-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-05-03
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Vaccinate All Children Act of </b><b>2019</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits the Department of Health and Human Services from awarding grants to public entities of a state for preventive health service programs unless the state institutes certain vaccination requirements for its public schools. Specifically,&nbsp;a state must require each student in public elementary or secondary school to be vaccinated in accordance with the recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. The bill provides an exception for students whose health would be endangered by vaccination in the opinion of a physician conforming to the accepted standard of medical care. </p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2527 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 3, 2019 Ms. Wilson of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend the Public Health Service Act to condition receipt by States (and political subdivisions and public entities of States) of preventive health services grants on the establishment of a State requirement for students in public elementary and secondary schools to be vaccinated in accordance with the recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Vaccinate All Children Act of 2019 . 2. Requiring students at public elementary and secondary schools to be vaccinated (a) Requirement Section 317 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 247b ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (n) Requiring students at public elementary and secondary schools To be vaccinated (1) Requirement For a State or a political subdivision or other public entity of a State to be eligible to receive a grant under this section, the applicant shall demonstrate to the Secretary’s satisfaction that, subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the State requires each student enrolled in one of the State’s public elementary schools or public secondary schools to be vaccinated in accordance with the recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. (2) Exception for child’s health The funding condition described in paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect to a student if a duly registered and licensed physician submits a written certification at the beginning of the school year to the individual in charge of the health program at the student’s school— (A) certifying that the physician has personally examined the student during the preceding 12 months; (B) certifying that, in the physician’s opinion, the physical condition of the student is such that the student’s health would be endangered by the vaccination involved; and (C) demonstrating (to the satisfaction of the individual in charge of the health program at the student’s school) that the physician’s opinion conforms to the accepted standard of medical care. (3) Definitions In this subsection: (A) The term Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices means the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices established by the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (B) The terms elementary school and secondary school have the meanings given to such terms in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. . (b) Application The amendment made by subsection (a) applies only with respect to fiscal years beginning after the date that is 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act.