3.0.0 1828 2023-01-13T04:49:49Z 2023-01-13T04:49:49Z Senate S S 2005-10-06 109 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-10-06T19:42:49Z 2005-10-06 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2005-10-06 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 10/07/2005 S11220-11221) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-10-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R N R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS 2005-10-06 True B001233 Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN] EVAN BAYH D IN 2005-10-07 False Health Armed Forces and National Security Business records Child health Commerce Communication in medicine Conferences Damages Data banks Drug industry Economics and Public Finance Emergency Management Emergency medicine Families Federal aid to health facilities Federal aid to research Geriatrics Government Operations and Politics Government and business Government liability Government paperwork Government procurement Government publicity Health education Health information systems Health surveys Home care services Hospital care Influenza Law Medical malpractice Medical research Medical technology Military medicine Negligence Nursing homes Parties to actions Pharmaceutical research Preventive medicine Products liability Public health personnel Research grants Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare Vaccination Vaccines Virus diseases Health 00 2005-10-06 Introduced in Senate 2005-12-15T16:33:24Z Influenza Vaccine Security Act of 2005 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) determine an annual production target for influenza vaccine; (2) coordinate with the private market to encourage the production of such vaccine in amounts that will meet the annual target; and (3) establish an influenza vaccine buyback protocol to purchase excess stock of influenza vaccine.

Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Secretary to award technical assistance grants to entities seeking to enter the U.S. influenza vaccine market, expand their vaccine production capacity, or improve their ability to remain within such market. Requires the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to develop a regulatory roadmap to address issues surrounding emergency use authorization of influenza vaccine.

Requires the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to solicit proposals for research to improve technologies for influenza vaccine development. Requires the Director of the Institute to review current vaccine development research.

Requires the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to: (1) establish an electronic tracking system for the influenza vaccine; and (2) revise and expand influenza-related education materials.

Allows the Secretary to designate a qualified pandemic influenza technology during a public health emergency. Deems a covered person, such as a manufacturer, distributer, or licensed health care professional, to be an employee of the Public Health Service with respect to liability for personal injury or death related to such a qualified technology. Provides for an exclusive federal cause of action for such claims.

]]> Influenza Vaccine Security Act of 2005 Display Title Influenza Vaccine Security Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve and secure an adequate supply of influenza vaccine. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Influenza Vaccine Security Act of 2005 Introduced in Senate 2005-10-06T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s1828is/xml/BILLS-109s1828is.xml 2005-10-06 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.