3.0.0 754 2023-01-15T23:33:14Z 2023-01-15T23:33:14Z Senate S S 2003-04-01 108 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2003-04-01T21:43:27Z 2003-04-01 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2003-04-01 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000439 Sen. Frist, William H. [R-TN] WILLIAM FRIST R TN H. N Health AIDS (Disease) Administrative procedure Authorization Bacterial diseases Brain diseases Child health Civil actions and liability Claims Clinics Colleges Commerce Community health services Compensation (Law) Congress Congressional reporting requirements Counseling Crime and Law Enforcement Department of Health and Human Services Drug industry Earnings Economics and Public Finance Education Emergency Management Emergency medicine Evidence (Law) Families Family services Federal advisory bodies Federal aid to child health services Federal aid to health facilities Federal aid to research Fire departments Government Operations and Politics Government liability Government publicity Government trust funds Governmental investigations Guardian and ward Health education Health maintenance organizations Health planning Health warnings Hepatitis Higher education Human immunodeficiency viruses Influenza Injunctions Labor and Employment Law Legal fees Liability (Law) Limitation of actions Managed care Medical laboratories Medical research Medical statistics Medically uninsured Minority health Parents Parties to actions Police Prisons Public health administration Research grants Science, Technology, Communications Sexually transmitted diseases Social Welfare State laws Storage Transportation and Public Works Travel Vaccination Vaccines Wrongful death Health 00 2003-04-01 Introduced in Senate 2006-11-28T17:35:40Z Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for a program of research, demonstration projects, and education to ensure that immunizations are routinely offered to adults and adolescents by public and private health care providers. Requires such program to collect data on adverse impacts associated with immunizations.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop and disseminate information concerning certain diseases and their vaccines, including bacterial meningitis and hepatitis A and B; and (2) maintain a 6 months supply of prioritized vaccines.

Revises provisions governing the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, including provisions regarding: (1) equitable relief; (2) derivative petitions; and (3) an extension of the statute of limitations.

Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions concerning the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund, including to expand compensated loss for injury or death to include related loss.

Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary to contract with the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Science to conduct an ongoing, comprehensive review of new scientific data on childhood vaccines.]]>

Improved Vaccine Affordability and Availability Act Display Title Improved Vaccine Affordability and Availability Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve immunization rates by increasing the distribution of vaccines and improving and clarifying the vaccine injury compensation program, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Improved Vaccine Affordability and Availability Act Popular Titles Vaccine Compensation bill 9 Library of Congress Introduced in Senate 2003-04-01T05:00:00Z 2003-04-01 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.