[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2361 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2361

 To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to administer 
vaccinations for hepatitis A, at no cost to the inoculated, in certain 
                areas at risk of a hepatitis A outbreak.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 25, 2019

   Mr. Mast introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to administer 
vaccinations for hepatitis A, at no cost to the inoculated, in certain 
                areas at risk of a hepatitis A outbreak.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Hepatitis Exposure Prevention Act of 
2019'' or the ``HEP A Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. VACCINATION FOR HEPATITIS A IN AREAS AT RISK OF A HEPATITIS A 
              OUTBREAK.

    The Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting directly or by 
entering into contracts or awarding grants, may administer vaccinations 
for hepatitis A, at no cost to the inoculated, in any area within a 
State for which there is in effect a declaration by the Governor of the 
State designating such area as at risk of a hepatitis A outbreak.
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