3.0.0 4993 2023-01-11T13:15:21Z 2023-01-11T13:15:21Z House H HR 2008-01-16 110 hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing hsed10 Workforce Protections Subcommittee Referred to 2008-02-28T17:24:16Z Referred to 2008-01-16T15:04:15Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm02 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2008-01-17T20:37:43Z Referred to 2008-01-16T15:04:20Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2008-01-16T22:13:08Z Referred to 2008-01-16T15:04:10Z hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee House Standing Referred to 2008-01-16T15:04:25Z Vaccines for the Uninsured Adult Act of 2008 110 4705 HR 2008-02-05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. Identical bill CRS Vaccines for the Uninsured Adult Act of 2008 110 2466 S 2007-12-13 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Identical bill CRS 2008-02-28 hsed10 Workforce Protections Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. Committee 2008-01-17 hswm02 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2008-01-16 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2008-01-16 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Ways and Means, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2008-01-16 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Ways and Means, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2008-01-16 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Ways and Means, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2008-01-16 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Ways and Means, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2008-01-16 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Ways and Means, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2008-01-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2008-01-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress W000215 Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-30] HENRY WAXMAN D CA A. 30 N R000486 Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-34] LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD D CA 34 2008-01-16 True J000032 Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] SHEILA JACKSON-LEE D TX 18 2008-09-08 False S001145 Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] JANICE SCHAKOWSKY D IL D. 9 2008-09-22 False H000627 Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22] MAURICE HINCHEY D NY D. 22 2008-10-02 False M000404 Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7] JIM MCDERMOTT D WA 7 2008-10-02 False M001163 Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-5] Doris Matsui D CA O. 5 2008-10-02 False M000312 Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-3] JAMES MCGOVERN D MA P. 3 2008-10-02 False B000410 Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-28] HOWARD BERMAN D CA L. 28 2008-10-02 False C001068 Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] Steve Cohen D TN 9 2008-10-03 False Health Access to health care Accreditation (Medical care) Coinsurance Economics and Public Finance Federal aid to health facilities Federal employees Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Government employees' health insurance Governmental investigations Health education Health maintenance organizations Health planning Influenza Managed care Medicaid Medical personnel Medically uninsured Medicare Performance measurement Quality of care Social Welfare Standards Vaccines Health 00 2008-01-16 Introduced in House 2008-06-04T20:43:00Z Vaccines for the Uninsured Adult Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to: (1) require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a program for the free distribution of adult vaccines through states to adults who do not have health insurance coverage, who receive such vaccines at federally-qualified health centers or federal, state, or local correctional institutions, and who are uninsured with respect to such vaccines; (2) require the Secretary to develop and maintain a plan to respond to vaccine shortages and to implement a plan to educate the public about adult immunization; and (3) allocate funds for state programs to provide free adult immunization and to require states receiving federal funding to develop plans to respond to vaccine shortages.

Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to prohibit co-payments and cost-sharing charges for adult vaccines recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish standards for the measurement of use by Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries of routinely recommended adult immunizations; and (2) study including adult immunization by Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries as a performance measure under quality initiatives; (3) establish standards for the measurement of use by health care workers of adult immunizations for influenza; (4) study the best practices of health insurers and managed care organizations to encourage the use of adult immunizations; and (5) study the feasibility and advisability of including health care worker immunization rates as a performance measure for accreditation under Medicare.

Requires coverage of adult immunization services under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP).

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