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To amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the availability of vaccines, and for other purposes. 1/16/2008--Introduced. Vaccines for the Uninsured Adult Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to: (1) require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a program for the free distribution of adult vaccines through states to adults who do not have health insurance coverage, who receive such vaccines at federally-qualified health centers or federal, state, or local correctional institutions, and who are uninsured with respect to such vaccines; (2) require the Secretary to develop and maintain a plan to respond to vaccine shortages and to implement a plan to educate the public about adult immunization; and (3) allocate funds for state programs to provide free adult immunization and to require states receiving federal funding to develop plans to respond to vaccine shortages.Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to prohibit [...] show full description
- 02/28/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
- 01/16/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 01/16/2008 - Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Ways and Means, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 01/16/2008 - Referred to House Energy and Commerce
- 01/16/2008 - Referred to House Education and Labor
show all actions- 02/28/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
- 01/16/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 01/16/2008 - Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Ways and Means, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 01/16/2008 - Referred to House Energy and Commerce
- 01/16/2008 - Referred to House Education and Labor
- 01/16/2008 - Referred to House Ways and Means
- 01/16/2008 - Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
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