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Relating to information to be provided, recorded, and reported by health care providers relative to certain vaccinations, and providing penalties
Topics:Health care
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 23, 2021
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 23, 2021
- Done: House committeeMarch 3, 2021
- Skipped: Passes the HouseContinued as HF 769
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Became HF 769 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to HF 769 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Health care providers in Iowa would be required to follow specific federal rules when giving certain vaccines. They must give patients information about vaccine risks, keep careful records, and report any bad reactions to the government. If these providers do not follow these rules, they could face fines or disciplinary action.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to the requirements established under federal law for health care providers administering certain vaccines. §300aa-33(1)); “health profession board”; and “vaccine injury table”. The bill requires the department of public health (DPH) to collaborate with each health profession board to ensure that a health care provider under the purview of the department or a health profession board is aware of and complies with the requirements applicable to health care providers who administer vaccines, including providing the relevant federal vaccine information statement for the vaccine the patient is to receive and verbal information regarding the federal food and drug administration vaccine adverse event reporting system (FAERS) and the national vaccine injury compensation program, for those vaccines included in the vaccine injury table, prior to the patient receiving the vaccine; recording certain required information about the vaccine administered in the patient’s medical record or a permanent office log or file; documenting and reporting any adverse event following the vaccination that the patient experiences within eight weeks post-administration and that becomes known to the health care provider to the FAERS; and providing to an adult patient, or the parent or legal representative of a minor patient, a copy of the report. The bill provides for disciplinary action by DPH or the respective health profession board and for fines in a minimum amount of $1,000, established by DPH or the respective board, for noncompliance with the federal requirements.
House subcommittee
Named February 23, 2021. On February 25, 2021 it recommended amendment and passage. Vote Total: 2-0.
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Tried before
Earlier and later bills are matched by wording or an identical title.
Tried before
This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.
- HF 449 Relating to information to be provided, recorded, and reported by health care providers re…88th General Assembly · In committee · very similarCleared committee
- SF 2170 Relating to information to be provided, recorded, and reported by health care providers re…88th General Assembly · Subcommittee recommends passage · very similarCleared committee
- HF 2449 Relating to information to be provided, recorded, and reported by health care providers re…88th General Assembly · In committee · similarCleared committee
Matched by wording or an identical title.