3.0.0 375 2019-11-15T21:52:32Z 2019-11-15T21:52:32Z Senate S S 2005-02-15 109 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-02-15T15:32:52Z Flu Protection Act of 2005 109 628 HR 2005-02-25 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS Flu Protection Act of 2005 109 813 HR 2005-04-13 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1900) Identical bill CRS 2005-02-15 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2005-02-15 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1415) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-02-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001233 Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN] EVAN BAYH D IN N C000858 Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID] LARRY CRAIG R ID EDWIN 2005-02-15 True L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2005-02-15 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2005-03-07 False C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2005-04-15 False L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [D-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN D CT I. 2005-07-12 False O000167 Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] Barack Obama D IL 2005-07-29 False Health Access to health care Child health Commerce Communication in medicine Drug industry Drugs Education Electronic government information Epidemics Epidemiology Families Federal-state relations Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Health education Health planning Health surveys Higher education Income tax Influenza International Affairs International cooperation Internet Investment tax credit Medical education Medical personnel Medical research Medical statistics Medicare Nurses Pharmaceutical research Pharmacists Physicians Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare Taxation Vaccination Vaccines Web sites Health 00 2005-02-15 Introduced in Senate 2005-04-13T20:27:35Z Flu Protection Act of 2005 - Amends the Public Health Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to conduct, annually, a public influenza awareness campaign and education and outreach efforts preceding the flu season.

Requires the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to urge early and full preordering of the influenza vaccine by Medicare providers.

Requires the Director to: (1) work with the Administrator to publish influenza immunization rates among Medicare recipients; (2) support the development of State adult immunization programs that emphasize improving influenza vaccine delivery to high-risk populations and the general population; and (3) work with appropriate agencies to assess the efficacy of the influenza vaccine.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a vaccine manufacturing facilities investment tax credit (20 percent of qualifying property per year) for property placed in service by December 31, 2009.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) enter into contracts with manufacturers to produce additional necessary doses of the influenza vaccine; and (2) encourage States to develop a contingency plan for maximizing influenza immunization for high-risk populations in the event of a delay or shortage of the vaccine.

Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Vaccine Program, to establish a protocol to prevent, prepare for, and respond to an influenza pandemic or epidemic.

]]> Flu Protection Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced Flu Protection Act of 2005 Display Title Flu Protection Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for an influenza vaccine awareness campaign, ensure a sufficient influenza vaccine supply, and prepare for an influenza pandemic or epidemic, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage vaccine production capacity, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2005-02-15T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s375is/xml/BILLS-109s375is.xml 2005-02-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.