3.0.0 2968 2023-01-14T22:48:34Z 2023-01-14T22:48:34Z Senate S S 2004-10-08 108 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2004-10-09T00:29:25Z Emergency Flu Response Act of 2004 108 5409 HR 2004-12-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2004-10-08 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10861-10863) IntroReferral 2004-10-08 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. N K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2004-10-08 True W000154 Sen. Warner, John [R-VA] JOHN WARNER R VA WILLIAM 2004-10-08 True D000064 Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] THOMAS DASCHLE D SD ANDREW 2004-10-08 True S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2004-10-08 True D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2004-10-08 True C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2004-10-08 True D000432 Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] BYRON DORGAN D ND LESLIE 2004-10-08 True B001233 Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN] EVAN BAYH D IN 2004-10-08 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2004-10-08 True J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2004-10-08 True D000596 Sen. Dayton, Mark [D-MN] MARK DAYTON D MN 2004-10-08 True D000294 Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH] MICHAEL DEWINE R OH 2004-11-17 False L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2004-11-17 False C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2004-11-17 False Health Arts, Culture, Religion Aspirin Canada Caregivers Child health Chronically ill Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Clinical trials Commerce Compensation (Law) Congress Congressional agencies Congressional employees Congressional reporting requirements Discrimination in employment Dismissal of employees Drug approvals Drug industry East Asia Economics and Public Finance Emergency Management Emergency medicine Eminent domain Employee rights Europe European Union Families Federal aid to health facilities Federal employees Federal libraries Federal mandates Foreign Trade and International Finance Geriatrics Government Accountability Office (GAO) Government Operations and Politics Government liability Government paperwork Government procurement Governmental investigations Health education Imports Infants Influenza Japan Labor and Employment Law Library of Congress Licenses Long-term care Marketing Medical personnel Nursing homes Pregnant women Preventive medicine Prices Public health administration Public service advertising Seniority in employment Social Welfare Standards Switzerland Vaccination Vaccines Wages Wholesale trade Women Women's health Health 00 2004-10-08 Introduced in Senate 2005-02-05T17:19:30Z Emergency Flu Response Act of 2004 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to immediately declare the shortage of the influenza vaccine to be a public health emergency justifying an authorization of the use of unapproved products.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) consult with certain foreign countries to assess the availability of excess vaccines; (2) determine whether such vaccines meet the criteria for emergency authorization; (3) purchase, import, and distribute such vaccines; (4) award a grant to each State to develop and implement a plan to respond to the current shortage; and (5) establish a program to purchase and redistribute excess doses for administration to individuals in priority areas.

Requires the head of each executive agency and the Attending Physician of the Capitol to ensure that vaccines are administered only to employees in priority groups and to provide the Secretary with any excess doses for redistribution.

Allows the Secretary to purchase any approved drug to treat influenza for inclusion in the Strategic National Stockpile.

Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to conduct clinical trials to determine whether a diluted influenza vaccine is effective in priority groups.

Establishes the National Quarantine Compensation Program to pay individuals subject to a State or Federal quarantine order an amount equal to lost wages. Prohibits an employer from discharging or discriminating against such individuals.

Allows the Secretary, upon determining that measures taken under this Act have not been effective, to: (1) take additional measures necessary to protect the public health; and (2) require manufacturers or anyone in possession of the vaccine to sell their supply to the Federal Government.

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