Relating to vaccination and immunization reporting and tracking

This bill relates to vaccination and immunization reporting and tracking. The bill provides that unless otherwise specifically required by law, the department of health and human services (HHS) shall not require any person to whom a vaccination or immunization is administered to submit to any form of vaccination or immunization reporting or tracking, including to a statewide, interstate, or federal immunization registry. The bill requires HHS to require a health care provider who administers vaccinations or immunizations and is required to consult and review or report the administration of vaccinations and immunizations to the statewide immunization registry (registry), to obtain written, informed consent from a patient, or a minor patient’s parent or legal guardian, prior to reporting the administration of the vaccination or immunization. The patient may also choose whether to consent to the sharing of the patient’s information with any entity with access to the information included in the registry. The health care provider shall submit a copy of the completed written, informed consent form to the registry. A patient, or a minor patient’s parent or legal guardian, may withdraw or amend the written, informed consent at any time, and if informed consent is subsequently withdrawn, the patient’s information shall be deleted from the registry. Only information regarding the administration of a vaccination or immunization to a patient who has provided written, informed consent may be reported to the registry; and no information, report, or record relating to a patient from whom written, informed consent has not been obtained shall be maintained by HHS or included in the registry.