3.0.0 2911 2020-02-10T17:01:58Z 2020-02-10T17:01:58Z Senate S S 2008-04-24 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-04-24T18:36:28Z 2008-04-24 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2008-04-24 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3405) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2008-04-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK N M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2008-04-24 True Health Access to health care Agriculture and Food Child nutrition Clinics Communication in medicine Economics and Public Finance Families Federal aid to child health services Federal aid to health facilities Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Health education Health information systems Infants Medical records Medical screening Preventive medicine Vaccines WIC program Health 00 2008-04-24 Introduced in Senate 2008-07-16T15:37:03Z Infant Immunization Improvement Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize an immunization grantee to use funds from a preventive health services grant to provide, through participating Women, Infants and Children Program clinics: (1) recommended vaccines to eligible children aged 0 to 35 months; (2) for the coordination of care or immunization services; or (3) payment for the salary of an immunization coordinator.

Requires: (1) the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and state administrators of such immunization program to consult with the Food and Nutrition Service in carrying out activities related to screening for appropriate immunization services; and (2) any recipient of such a grant that receives funding for an immunization information system to permit all clinics that participate in preventive health services projects and in the Special Supplemental Food and Nutrition Program to have access to the system.

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director, to annually conduct an immunization awareness campaign and carry out immunization education and outreach activities to: (1) increase the awareness of parents of the benefits of age appropriate immunizations; (2) inform the general public concerning the efficacy of new vaccines and new vaccine schedules; and (3) disseminate information that emphasizes the benefits of recommended vaccines for the public good.

Requires activities under this Act to target areas with the greatest immunization needs in the 0 to 35 month age group.

Calls for the Secretary and the Director to work to improve the integration of immunization information systems with electronic medical records, other health information systems, and health information exchanges.

]]> Infant Immunization Improvement Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Infant Immunization Improvement Act of 2008 Display Title Infant Immunization Improvement Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to improve vaccination rates among children. Introduced in Senate 2008-04-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2911is/xml/BILLS-110s2911is.xml 2008-04-24 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.