[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5699 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5699

   To expand the definition of qualified persons for purposes of the 
   Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act to include health 
                         professional students.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 22, 2021

 Mr. O'Halleran (for himself, Mr. McKinley, Ms. Roybal-Allard, and Mr. 
Joyce of Ohio) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
   To expand the definition of qualified persons for purposes of the 
   Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act to include health 
                         professional students.

    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 ``Student Assisted Vaccination Effort 
Act'' or the ``SAVE Act''.

SEC. 2. QUALIFIED PERSONS.

    Section 319F-3(i)(8) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
247d-6d(i)(8)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``; or'' and inserting 
        a semicolon;
            (2) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C); 
        and
            (3) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following:
                    ``(B) a medical, nursing, pharmacy, pharmacy 
                intern, midwife, paramedic, advanced or intermediate 
                emergency medical technician, physician assistant, 
                respiratory therapy, dental, podiatry, optometry or 
                veterinary student with--
                            ``(i) appropriate training in administering 
                        vaccines, as determined by the student's school 
                        or training program; and
                            ``(ii) supervision by an individual 
                        described in subparagraph (A); or''.
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