| 1 | 1 | | 89R17906 BK-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Toth H.C.R. No. 105 |
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| 7 | 7 | | CONCURRENT RESOLUTION |
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| 8 | 8 | | WHEREAS, The National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 |
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| 9 | 9 | | created a no-fault procedure called the National Vaccine Injury |
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| 10 | 10 | | Compensation Program to help protect vaccine manufacturers from |
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| 11 | 11 | | lawsuits asserting that injuries and deaths were caused by |
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| 12 | 12 | | vaccinations; and |
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| 13 | 13 | | WHEREAS, With the implementation of the law, the Vaccine |
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| 14 | 14 | | Adverse Event Reporting System was introduced, enabling consumers |
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| 15 | 15 | | and health care practitioners to report side effects that occurred |
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| 16 | 16 | | after vaccine administration; and |
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| 17 | 17 | | WHEREAS, Through February 2025, approximately $5.3 billion |
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| 18 | 18 | | has been paid out to victims of vaccine injury through the National |
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| 19 | 19 | | Vaccine Injury Compensation Program; and |
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| 20 | 20 | | WHEREAS, According to a study conducted by Harvard Pilgrim |
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| 21 | 21 | | Health Care, less than one percent of vaccine adverse events are |
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| 22 | 22 | | reported to the Food and Drug Administration, allowing for many |
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| 23 | 23 | | cases to go undocumented and unacknowledged; and |
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| 24 | 24 | | WHEREAS, Injuries caused by vaccines inflict a significant |
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| 25 | 25 | | physical and emotional toll on individuals and their loved ones, |
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| 26 | 26 | | and the residents of Texas can benefit from learning more about this |
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| 27 | 27 | | important health care issue; now, therefore, be it |
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| 28 | 28 | | RESOLVED, That the 89th Legislature of the State of Texas |
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| 29 | 29 | | hereby designate June 3 as Vaccine Injury Awareness Day; and, be it |
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| 30 | 30 | | further |
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| 31 | 31 | | RESOLVED, That, in accordance with the provisions of Section |
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| 32 | 32 | | 391.004(d), Government Code, this designation remain in effect |
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| 33 | 33 | | until the 10th anniversary of the date this resolution is finally |
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| 34 | 34 | | passed by the legislature. |
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