Relating to information to be provided, recorded, and reported by health care providers relative to certain vaccinations, and providing penalties

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.