General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5615
January Session, 2011 LCO No. 1733
Referred to Committee on Public Health
Introduced by:
REP. SAYERS, 60th Dist.
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.