3.0.0 4703 2023-01-11T13:15:32Z 2023-01-11T13:15:32Z House H HR 2007-12-13 110 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2007-12-13T19:00:10Z Referred to 2007-12-13T15:04:00Z Vaccine Shortage Preparedness Act of 2008 110 4991 HR 2008-01-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS Vaccine Shortage Preparedness Act of 2008 110 2467 S 2007-12-13 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Identical bill CRS 2007-12-13 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2007-12-13 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2007-12-13 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-12-13 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress W000215 Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-30] HENRY WAXMAN D CA A. 30 N Health Access to health care Business records Child health Commerce Communicable diseases Communication in medicine Drug industry Emergency Management Emergency medicine Families Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government procurement Governmental investigations Vaccines Health 00 2007-12-13 Introduced in House 2008-03-24T13:40:29Z Vaccine Shortage Preparedness Act of 2008 - Amends the Social Security Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to sell to public health departments or back to the manufacturers such quantities of the six-month supply of pediatric vaccines acquired for unanticipated needs as the Secretary determines appropriate. Makes proceeds of such sales available only for purposes of procuring pediatric vaccine stockpiles.

Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require: (1) a manufacturer of an approved vaccine to notify the Secretary 12 months prior to discontinuing manufacture of the vaccine, with exceptions; and (2) the Secretary, promptly after receiving such notice and after determining that a reduction applies, to inform the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary to declare a public health emergency if there is: (1) a shortage of an approved vaccine for an infectious disease; and (2) a significant risk of a significant outbreak of such disease. Requires: (1) each manufacturer or distributor of such vaccine to then provide the Secretary with the location of vaccine supplies; and (2) the Secretary, upon request, to provide such information to a state, provided the state agrees to restrict use of the information to facilitating access to vaccines and to otherwise keep such information confidential.

Requires the Secretary to study successful models and alternatives for tracking and facilitating reallocation of vaccine at the local level in times of shortage or emergency.

]]> Vaccine Shortage Preparedness Act of 2008 Display Title Vaccine Shortage Preparedness Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Vaccine Shortage Preparedness Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Social Security Act, the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and the Public Health Service Act to ensure a sufficient supply of vaccines, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2007-12-13T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr4703ih/xml/BILLS-110hr4703ih.xml 2007-12-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. 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.