Bill Text: CT HB05615 | 2011 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Availability Of All Vaccines Approved By The Federal Centers For Disease Control And Prevention.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-20 - Referred to Joint Committee on Public Health [HB05615 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2011-HB05615-Introduced.html

General Assembly

 

Proposed Bill No. 5615

 

January Session, 2011

 

LCO No. 1733

   

Referred to Committee on Public Health

 

Introduced by:

 

REP. SAYERS, 60th Dist.

 

AN ACT CONCERNING THE AVAILABILITY OF ALL VACCINES APPROVED BY THE FEDERAL CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That section 19a-7j of the general statutes be amended to require the Department of Public Health to purchase all vaccines that are currently approved by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for administration to children.

Statement of Purpose:

To ensure compliance with federal health care reform by requiring the state to purchase all vaccines currently approved by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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