S. 2911 would improve vaccination rates among children.
Detailed Summary
Infant Immunization Improvement Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize an immunization grantee to use funds from a preventive health services grant to provide, through participating Women, Infants and Children Program clinics: (1) recommended vaccines to eligible children aged 0 to 35 months; (2) for the coordination of care or immunization services; or (3) payment for the salary of an immunization coordinator.
Requires: (1) the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and state administrators of such immunization program to consult with the Food and Nutrition Service in carrying out activities related to screening for appropriate immunization services; and (2) any recipient of such a grant that receives funding for an immunization information system to permit all clinics that participate in preventive health services projects and in the Special Supplemental Food and Nutrition Program to have access to the system.
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director, to annually conduct an immunization awareness campaign and carry out immunization education and outreach activities to: (1) increase the awareness of parents of the benefits of age appropriate immunizations; (2) inform the general public concerning the efficacy of new vaccines and new vaccine schedules; and (3) disseminate information that emphasizes the benefits of recommended vaccines for the public good.
Requires activities under this Act to target areas with the greatest immunization needs in the 0 to 35 month age group.
Calls for the Secretary and the Director to work to improve the integration of immunization information systems with electronic medical records, other health information systems, and health information exchanges.
Status of the Legislation
Latest Major Action: 4/24/2008: Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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Visitor Comments
Dona Wheeler
In preventing disease, we are for far too many children, creating disease, which causes life long illnes' and un necessary, moneies spent to creat a quality of life.
Stree on the family, stress on the economy, PREVENTION of, not Added to the burden of what bodies, are enviormently up against in this 21st century.
jackie
There is enough vaccine awareness thru doctor visits,hospitals, schools and family input....this proposal is an absolute waste of money...and a slimy attempt to push for herd immunity. At WIC clinics huh? real slimy!!
Lisa
Their goal to "disseminate information that emphasizes the benefits of recommended vaccines for the public good" doesnt address what is best for the child. This bill is good for vaccine makers. Wonder if the sponsers received money from the pharma industry.
soni
They should put this money into unbiased research of vaccine efficiancy and safety.
Karla
There should come a time when the government should stand aside and allow the parents to decide to vaccinate their children or not,without your coersions. And stop helping the BigPharm cartel push their dangerous vaccine wares for profit business. If you want to give vaccine awareness, that is fine, but make it Truthful information, not bias... complete with All the warnings that come with Vaccines and their label insert info. Vaccine injury is just about the only thing under the sun that is not Insurable. WHY??? Because they ALL know the dangers of vaccines. Vaccines should have never been mandated in the first place, and forcing vaccines is Criminal. Nobody has the right to force anything on anyone, esp. beyond their skin, including this herd mentality of forcing iffy vaccinations. Stop this rediculous bill, and your contribution of maiming and killing unsuspecting children, with these dangerous vaccines, that can cause short and long term, life altering consequences.
John
Educate the parents and let them decide. If the vacccines really do work them no one should be concerned about what anyone else does or doesn't do since they will be protected. How can you say we have freedom of choice when legislation is constantly being passed to the contrary.
Stacy
Stop the madness! We need to study the effects that all these vaccines are having on young children before we push for more compliance! Where is our freedom going?
debora
The vaccines were not tested properly for the population, just see the recalls or failures on all flu vaccines for the last 10 yrs, maybe instead of vaccinating women and children with vaccines with harmful heavy metals to include mercury aluminum and virulent viruses and tissues from a dead woman's ovaries (yes the still use he la). the scientists an researchers should really try to erradicate cancer, heart disease, potential nerve and brain damage nad learning disorders, specifically all autism spectrum disorders. statistics do not lie. ty