VIP Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3058
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2019-06-03
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health

Congressional oversight

Elementary and secondary education

Government information and archives

Government studies and investigations

Health care coverage and access

Health programs administration and funding

Health promotion and preventive care

Immunology and vaccination
Latest action: action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-06-03
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Vaccination Information and Promotion Act of 2019 or the VIP Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to develop a program to improve the national rate of childhood vaccinations, including a public-awareness campaign and a grant program that supports vaccine education. </p> <p>Additionally, the Government Accountability Office must study and report on changes in public attitudes toward childhood vaccinations. </p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3058 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 3, 2019 Ms. Jackson Lee (for herself, Ms. Norton , Ms. Moore , Ms. Sewell of Alabama , Ms. Pressley , Ms. Johnson of Texas , Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York , Mr. Payne , and Mrs. McBath ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out a program to address the health crisis of insufficient vaccinations, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Vaccination Information and Promotion Act of 2019 or the VIP Act of 2019 . 2. Addressing the health crisis of insufficient vaccinations The Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall develop and implement a program to reverse the decline in the rate of childhood vaccinations, including by— (1) conducting a national effort to increase public awareness of and knowledge about the benefits of childhood vaccinations; (2) supporting the development of a broad range of communication tools to inform the public on the importance of vaccinations; (3) acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health, making more readily available on federally hosted social media specific information from the scientific and medical community on the importance of vaccinations to the health and well-being of infants, children, young adults, adults, and the elderly; and (4) awarding grants and other financial assistance to public and private educational institutions, and non-governmental (including nonprofit) and other appropriate entities that serve children, students, and the elderly, to implement vaccination education programs. 3. GAO study The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct, and submit to the Congress a report on the results of, a study on the change over time in public attitudes toward childhood vaccinations and the reasons underlying such changes. 4. Authorization of appropriations To carry out this Act, there is authorized to be appropriated $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2025.