Exemptions

Finance

Insurance Mandates

Long Term Care

Meningitis

Miscellaneous Legislation

Registries

School Requirements

Scope of Practice

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Bill Number and Status

Description

Ties Public Assistance to Proof of Immunization

Exemptions

CA AB 3049

Exempt from these requirements any child day care center that exclusively offers a program of services for which there is no contract or agreement between the parent and the center for the regular care of the child, and there is no prearranged schedule of care for any child. It would require parents to sign a form acknowledging that they understand the center is not required to verify immunizations and tuberculosis testing for any children accepted for care.

MI SB 1209

Allows an objection to child being immunized filed by parents due to complications with immunizing agent in family's medical history.

MI SB 1208

Requires disclosure of chemical content of immunizing agent.

MO SB 879

Removes the religious and medical exemption limitations from childhood vaccination requirements. Currently, Section 167.181, RSMo, allows a parent to claim his or her child is exempt from immunization requirements due to religious beliefs or medical contraindications. This act removes those limitations and allows a parent to simply object in writing. New language requires the Department of Health and Senior Services, school districts, and other public entities to inform the public of available exemptions. In addition, this act changes all references to the term "immunization" to "vaccination".

MO SB 951

This act allows parents to refuse to immunize their children without limitation.

MO HB 1591

In addition to other types of exemptions based on religious and medical contraindications, the bill allows children to be exempted from the immunization requirement if one parent or guardian objects in writing to the school administrator because of philosophical beliefs. For written objections based on philosophical beliefs, a notarized statement must be provided to the school administrator annually.

MS SB 2193

Provides that a parent or guardian my object to the immunization requirements of his or her child because of religious beliefs or medical contraindications.

NY AB 4276

Establishes a conscientious objection status to vaccination and immunizations of students.

UT HB 243

Modifies provisions related to the State System of Public Education; removes the requirement that a form claiming an exemption from immunization based on a personal belief against immunization be witnessed by local health department representative and allowing a person to obtain the form at a local health department or public school.

WV SB 139

Exempting mandatory immunizations for good cause or religious prohibition

Finance

CA AB 1955

Appropriates $1,000,000 from the General Fund to the State Department of Health Services for the 2002-03 fiscal year, for purpose of funding the Valley Fever Vaccine Project.

CA AB 915

Creates the Hepatitis A Child Vaccination Services Fund in the State Treasury to receive donations for the purpose of reimbursing health care providers for annual costs associated with providing specified children with hepatitis A vaccinations; authorizes the department to use these funds for specified purposes, upon appropriation by the Legislature.

CA SB 1038

Enacts the California Healthy Families Vaccine Purchase Act. Authorizes the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board to allocate sufficient fund out of moneys appropriated for purposes of the Healthy Families Program to the State Department of Health Services for the purchase of covered vaccines, as defined, and for their free-of-charge distributions to qualifying practitioners.

CA AB 2621

Requires the level of state funding for the provision of flu vaccines during the 2003-04 flu season to be increased to meet at least the same level of service that was provided in 2000. Requires the State Department of Health Services to conduct a study of existing flu vaccination practices in the state, and to report its findings and recommendations to the Legislature on or before Jan 1, 2004.

IL SB 1481

Appropriates money to the Department of Public Health for a study to determine methods to improve the immunization rate for children ages two and under.

MN HB 1441

Appropriates money for early childhood immunization efforts.

NC SB 699

Appropriates funds to make pneumococcal vaccine funds available through the universal vaccine program.

NC SB 736

Appropriates funds for a varicella vaccine program for children.

NC HB 995

Appropriates funds for a varicella vaccine program for children.

NM HB 346

Makes an appropriation to the Department of Health to provide immunization for preschool children.

Insurance Mandates 

CA SB 1718

Requires a health care service plan to reimburse a physician and surgeon at a reasonable rate for administering a covered hepatitis B vaccination. Specifies that this reimbursement be made in addition to any other reimbursement required under the plan's contract with the physician and surgeon for an office visit.

HI SB 3054

Requires health benefit coverage for HIV vaccination should one be approved by the Federal Food and Drug Administration.

IL SB 1742

Creates the Childhood Immunization Insurance Act; requires accident and health insurance and coverage under a health maintenance organization or an employee welfare benefit plan to provide for child immunizations; directs the Department of Public Health and the Department of Insurance to adopt necessary rules.

IN HB 1247

Requires coverage under a policy of accident and sickness insurance and under a health maintenance organization contract for childhood immunizations that are recommended by the federal Centers for Disease Control. Specifies that if a provider provides treatment or evaluation and, at the same time, a childhood immunization, the provider must be paid separately for the evaluation or treatment and the childhood immunization.

MD HB 1129

Requires specified insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for vaccinations against meningococcal disease for vaccinated against the disease.

NH HB 1467

Requires insurers to reimburse the state for the cost of vaccines that are provided to New Hampshire insured resident children.

NJ AB 300

Requires health insurers to cover Hepatitis B vaccination costs.

NJ AB 375

Permits choice of provider for childhood immunizations.

NJ AB 2077

Requires insurers and State health benefits programs to cover costs of AIDS vaccine.

NJ SB 498

Requires health insurers to cover Hepatitis B vaccination costs.

NJ SB 766

Mandates health insurance coverage for Lyme disease vaccination.

NY SB 5001

Requires health insurance coverage in policies for immunization required for infants or children under 16.

RI SB 2470

This act would allow coverage through HMOs for HIV/AIDS vaccines which are experimental in nature. This act would take effect upon passage.

Long Term Care 

CA AB 825

This bill would require every care facility, on an annual basis, to make available to persons receiving services at the facility and to facility employees immunizations for influenza and pneumococcal disease and provide appropriate documentation of these immunizations, except as specified.

CT SB 213

Concerns the prevention of influenza outbreaks in nursing homes; assures that each patient admitted to a nursing home facility is protected by adequate immunization against influenza; specifies each patient be protected annually against influenza; provides appropriate exemptions for patients for whom such immunizations are medically contraindicated and for patients who object to such immunization on religious grounds.

IL HB 661

Amends the Life Care Facilities Act and the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that the facilities licensed under the Acts must document evidence of vaccination for influenza and pneumococcal disease for each resident age 60 and over, unless the vaccination is medically contraindicated or the resident has refused the vaccination.

provides that influenza vaccines for residents over 60 years of age do not need to be completed by November 30 of a given year if the vaccine supplies were not available before November 1 of that year

IL SB 1794

Amends the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act. Provides that, before a prospective resident's admission to an assisted living establishment or a shared housing establishment, the establishment shall advise the prospective resident to consult a physician to determine whether the prospective resident should obtain a vaccination against pneumococcal pneumonia. TO GOVERNOR

KY HB 69

Requires long-term care facilities to provide or arrange for immunizations against pneumococcal disease and influenza for residents and employees; provides for exemptions; requires the Department for Public Health to provide educational literature regarding the efficiency and risks of these immunizations; requires the commissioner of the Department for Public Health to report outbreaks and to report the number of related hospitalizations. SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

MO HB 2104

Requires long-term care facilities to offer residents the opportunity to receive influenza and pneumonia vaccinations at the facility on an annual basis or upon admission. The facilities are not required to administer the vaccines, but they are required to make them available or contract with individuals who will administer the vaccine. The Department of Health and Senior Services is required to determine how facilities will document compliance.

MO SB 1175

Requires certain facilities to provide immunizations for influenza and pneumonia to any residents age 65 years or older.

WA HB 1945

Requires certain immunizations of staff and residents of long-term care facilities.

WA SB 5291

Requires certain immunizations of staff and residents of long-term care facilities. SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

Meningitis 

FL HB 871

 Requires individuals enrolled in a postsecondary educational institution in the state who reside in on campus housing to be vaccinated against meningococcal meningitis; requires the Department of Health, in consultation with the Department of Education, to establish a vaccination program and procedures and to adopt rules; requires postsecondary educational institutions to provide certain information to individuals wishing an exemption. DIED IN COMMITTEE

IN HB 1161

. Provides that a student or the student's guardian, before the student enrolls at a residential campus at a public university, must receive information concerning meningococcal disease from the university. States that a student that is not a citizen or resident of the United States must, before matriculating in a residential campus at a public university, provide the university with: (1) medical documentation that the student has been tested for tuberculosis in the United States; (2) the date the tuberculosis test was taken; and (3) the results of the tuberculosis test. SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

MA HB 1760

Relates to immunization for college students.

NJ SB 1655

Requires meningitis vaccinations for full-time students at institutions of higher education

NJ AB 1546

Requires meningitis vaccinations for full-time students at institutions of higher education.

NY AB 1029

Requires certain camps and secondary schools and colleges which have housing for students to provide information on meningitis, transmission thereof and immunization against such disease; provides that the form of such information shall be approved by the commissioner of health; provides for such institutions to distribute waiver forms indicating that the student, parent or guardian has opted not to obtain vaccination against meningitis.

NY SB 4360

Requires secondary schools and colleges which have housing for students to provide information on meningitis, transmission thereof and immunization against such disease to new students; provides that the form of such information shall be approved by the commissioner of health.

NY SB 6179

Requires immunization for meningitis for students residing in a student residence at their institution of secondary or higher education; provides certain exceptions to this requirement and makes related provisions.

OH HB 534

Requires meningitis vaccine for students living on-campus at any institution of higher education.

OH SB 248

Requires meningitis vaccine for students living on-campus at any institution of higher education.

PA HB 2884

Amends the College and University Vaccination Actof 2002. Addresses the bulk purchase and distribution of meningococcal vaccine.

PA SB 955

Provides for vaccination against meningococcal disease for students at institutions of higher education and for duties of the Department of Health.

SC HB 5133

Requires public institutions of higher learning to notify parents and incoming students about risks of contracting Meningococcal Disease. SIGNED BY GOVERNOR.

TN HB 2774

Relates to vaccinations for meningococcal disease.

TN SB 2472

Relates to vaccinations for meningococcal disease; provides that new incoming students at any public or private institution of higher learning in this state who live in on-campus student housing either shall be vaccinated against meningococcal disease or shall elect a waiver.

Miscellaneous Legislation 

CT SB 548

Concerns flu shots for prison inmates; requires inmates sentenced to eighteen months or longer to receive flu shots.

FL HB 1579

Revises rulemaking authority of Department of Health regarding its power to impose quarantine; provides for rules requiring vaccination for communicable disease; defines the terms "public health advisory" and "public health emergency"; specifies the terms under which public health emergency declaration of public health emergency, etc. DIED IN COMMITTEE

FL SB 1262

Revises rulemaking authority of Department of Health regarding its power to impose quarantine; provides for rules requiring vaccination for communicable disease; defines the terms "public health advisory" and "public health emergency"; specifies the terms under which public health emergency declaration of public health emergency, etc. SIGNED BY GOVERNOR AND CHAPTERED

HI SB 2222

Allows the State to use private health care facilities for immunizations, quarantine, and other responses to infectious diseases when the resources of the department of health are inadequate or insufficient to protect the public health. Provides for reimbursement for services and limits liability.

IL SB 2207

Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois and the Communicable Disease Prevention Act. In provisions requiring 3 public hearings in the case of rules regarding immunization of children, requires the hearings if a rule or amendment to a rule adds a new vaccine requirement or makes substantial changes in the language of the religious or medical objection exemptions to immunization.

IL SB 1717

Amends the Department of Public Health Act. Provides that the Immunization Advisory Committee shall have a person with expertise in bioterrorism issues as a member.

TO GOVERNOR

IN SB 509

Requires a child care provider who is licensed or who receives child care and development fund reimbursement to maintain documentation concerning age appropriate immunization status of children in the provider's care.

GA HR 801

Urges the Congress and the President of the United States to provide for the immunization of the general population against smallpox and polio myelitis.

IL HB 1077

Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Public Health to make a detailed report to the General Assembly each quarter on its progress in implementing certain requirements and goals concerning child immunization outreach programs.

IL HB 1822

Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act; prohibits an Illinois Veteran Grant from being awarded to a veteran who has not received an honorable discharge from the armed forces of the United States; requires an Illinois Veteran Grant to be awarded to a person who has been given a discharge under honorable conditions because he or she refused to be vaccinated against Anthrax due to concerns about the safety of the vaccination if other conditions are met.

MA HB 476

Exempts healthcare providers from civil liability as a result of administering immunizations or vaccines.

MA HB 1394

Relates to flu vaccine supplies.

MA HB 4160

Relates to authorizing the Department of Public Health to enforce the immunization of public school students.

MA HB 4487

Relates to authorizing the committee on Health Care to make an investigation and study of certain Senate and House documents concerning the supply of flu vaccines and the immunization of college students.

MD HB 1163

Establishes the Statewide Advisory Commission on Immunizations; requires the Secretary of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to appoint the members of the Commission.

MD SB 788

Established the statewide Advisory Commission on Immunizations.

SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

MI SB 1223

Prohibits thimerosol from being used in vaccines.

MI SB 1210

Allows parents to determine immunization schedule.

MN HB 3031

This bill establishes the Minnesota Emergency Health Powers Act, specifying the powers and duties of the governor and the commissioner of health during public health emergencies. The governor is authorized to declare a national security or peacetime emergency due to a public health emergency, and the legislature is given oversight over peacetime emergencies declared due to public health emergencies. Procedures are established for terminating public health emergencies. The governor's emergency powers under chapter 12 are modified. Principles governing isolation and quarantine are established, and due process procedures for persons under isolation or quarantine are created. The commissioner is directed to study several issues and report to the legislature by January 15, 2003. ENACTED

NH HB 1454

Requires hepatitis testing and vaccination of Department of Corrections employees and inmates in the State prison system.

NJ SB 1891

Requires health care providers to offer blood test to determine immunity prior to administration of second dose of certain vaccines to children.

NJ AB 218

Establishes certain requirements regarding childhood immunizations.

NJ AB 2889

Requires health care providers to offer blood test to determine immunity prior to administration of second dose of certain vaccines to children.

NY AB 1515

Provides for testing, post exposure evaluation and vaccination and screening of inmates and respondents for transmissible diseases in certain cases where an employee of a correctional facility or juvenile detention facility may have been exposed to HIV; provides for annual employee training on blood borne pathogens and tuberculosis and screening post exposure evaluation as put forth by the Centers for Disease Control, U.S. Public Health Service, the National Institutes of Health and the American Thoracic Society.

NY AB 8803

Provides for additional reports of the advisory council on immunization and extends expiration of provisions relating to demonstration projects conducted in connection with the immunization of children from July 1, 2001 to July 1, 2003.

NY SB 1604

Establishes programs to provide school-based primary health care services for pre-school and school-age children which shall include, but not be limited to, primary, preventative immunizations against preventable diseases, performance of therapeutic and corrective measures, the issuance of prescription drugs and other related health care service; provides for the type of health care professionals who are authorized to administer such programs; provides that such programs shall be accessible to children residing within a school district but who do not attend a public school.

NJ AR 196

Honors the federal government's Food and Drug Administration to allow the use of pediatric measured auto-injections of atropine to help protect children from chemical terrorist attacks using nerve agents.

PA HB 225

Amends the Military Affairs Code. Provides for members of the Pennsylvania National Guard to have the option of receiving an anthrax vaccination.

PA HB 858

Amends the Administrative Code. Provides for immunization program.

PA HB 1698

Provides for hepatitis C prevention, screening, treatment and education program.

RI HB 6981

This act would create a procedure for dealing with vaccine shortages. This act would take effect upon passage.

RI SB 2969

Provides funding foir the Ocean State Adult Immunization Coalition for 2002-2003.

TN HB 1743

Provides that the Commissioner of Education shall develop a program to enhance immunization rates among children; provides that the program shall include outreach efforts to reach at risk children.

TN SB 1007http://www.kslegislature.org/cgi-bin/fulltext/bills.cgi

Provides that the Commissioner of Education shall develop a program to enhance immunization rates among children; provides that the program shall include outreach efforts to reach at risk children.

VT SR 35

Strongly urges U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson, the Federal Trade Commission and the appropriate jurisdictional committees of the United States Congress to investigate the causes, particularly the profit-motivated aspects, of the growing shortages of immunization vaccines; resolves hat upon completion of its investigation, Congress enact legislation creating a national vaccine authority to assure adequate, just and equitable research and development, production and affordable distribution of vaccines; resolves that Secretary of the Senate be directed to send a copy of this resolution to the members of the Vermont Congressional Delegation. ADOPTED

Registries 

IA SB 2255

Establishes a child immunization reporting system for all minor children in the state.

IL HB 5659

Amends the Communicable Disease Prevention Act. Adds definitions of certain terms. Adds statements of public policy. Changes references to a child's "guardian" to "legal guardian". Adds provisions requiring that immunization information for children age 18 or under be reported to the State immunization registry maintained by the Department of Public Health. Provides that no person shall be liable for civil damages or professional discipline as a result of the reporting of immunization information to the State immunization registry, except for willful or wanton misconduct. Authorizes the release of information from the registry to certain individuals and entities for the purpose of providing immunization services and for other purposes. Makes unauthorized use or misuse of the registry a Class A misdemeanor.

IL HB 5868

Amends the Communicable Disease Prevention Act. Requires the Department of Public Health to promulgate rules and regulations requiring immunization of children against specified diseases and requiring the reporting of immunizations to the Department of Public Health. Provides that the Department of Public Health compile an annual statistical report concerning required immunizations.

IL SB 2065

Amends the Communicable Disease Prevention Act. Adds definitions of certain terms. Adds statements of public policy. Changes references to a child's "guardian" to "legal guardian". Adds provisions requiring that immunization information for children age 18 or under be reported to the State immunization registry maintained by the Department of Public Health. Provides that no person shall be liable for civil damages or professional discipline as a result of the reporting of immunization information to the State immunization registry, except for willful or wanton misconduct. Authorizes the release of information from the registry to certain individuals and entities for the purpose of providing immunization services and for other purposes. Makes unauthorized use or misuse of the registry a Class A misdemeanor.

IN HB 1048

Immunizations and data registry. Requires the state department of health to develop and maintain an immunization data registry using funds received from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Allows the state department to delegate the authority for the registry to a for-profit or nonprofit agency. Requires certain health care providers to provide immunization information to the registry. Specifies individuals and entities to whom information in the registry may be released. Specifies that the parent or guardian of a child may elect not to have the child's immunization records released from the registry. Provides that unauthorized disclosure of confidential immunization data registry information is a Class A misdemeanor and, for a public employee, cause for dismissal. Adds chicken pox to the list of required immunizations for a child residing in Indiana.

IN SB 512

Requires the state department of health to develop a children's immunization data registry. Allows a patient or patient's parent access to the patient's immunization data. Requires that immunization data automatically be removed when the patient becomes an adult.

KY HB 161

Requires the Governor's Office for Technology to implement, host, and maintain an Internet-based common registry for telehealth, public health, and family practice residency programs; requires the secretary of the Cabinet for Health Services to implement a common centralized registry for case management, immunizations decision support tracking, disease surveillance, communicable disease reporting; authorizes promulgation of administrative regulations.

LA HB 91A

Provides relative to an immunization tracking registry

NE LR 74

Designates an interim study to join efforts with public and private agencies who are studying the need to develop a statewide immunization registry.

NE LB 1015

Relates to childhood immunizations; renames the Childhood Vaccine Act; creates the Childhood Immunization Registry; changes provisions relating to sharing of immunization information. INDEFINITELY POSTPONED

NJ AB 790

Establishes a Statewide immunization registry in the Department of Health and Senior Services.

School Requirements 

CA AB 182

Adds Hepatitis A to list of required vaccinations for school entry.

CO HB 1181

Requires homeless child's immunization records to enroll in school; if records are unavailable school must arrange for immunizations as necessary. SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

CT SB 567

Requires college students to have hepatitis vaccinations; protects the health of college students.

IN SB 347

Adds Varicella to the list of required immunizations for a child; requires the State Department of Health to administer a varicella immunization program.

KS HB 2809

Concerns public health departments; relates to tests and inoculations for pupils enrolling in schools. SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

KS HB 2041

Concerns the secretary of health and environment; concerns proof of innoculations by pupils.

MA HB 1936

Requires Hepatitis B for admission to public schools.

MA HB 4545

Authorizes the committee on Health Care to make an investigation and study of a certain House document concerning immunization from Hepatitis B as a requirement for admission to public schools.

MD HB 496

Requiring a first time enrollee at an institution of higher education to be vaccinated against hepatitis B disease; exempting specified first time enrollees from the vaccination requirement; providing that an institution of higher education is not required to provide or pay for specified vaccinations; providing for a delayed effective date; and providing for the termination of the Act.

ME HB 1624

Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 126: Immunization Requirements for School Children, a Rule of the Department of Human Services, and Portions of Chapter 261: Immunization Requirements for School Children, a Rule of the Department of Education, Major Substantive Rules Jointly Adopted by the Department of Human Services and the Department of Education. SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

MD SB 558

Requires an individual enrolled in an institution of higher education who resides in on-campus student housing to be vaccinated against hepatitis B virus; exempts an individual from the vaccination requirement if several specified conditions are met.

ME HB 2124

Relates to the legislative review of portions of Chapter 126: Immunization Requirements for School Children, a Rule of the Department of Human Services, and portions of Chapter 261: Immunization requirements for School Children, a Rule of the Department of Education.

MN HB 886

Requires commissioner of health is authorized to annually establish an immunization schedule based on the immunization requirements of certain organizations, after consultation with an immunization practices task force and others and after considering specified criteria.

MN SB 852

Requiring and providing for the commissioner of health to annually determine the immunizations required for and the manner and frequency of administration to elementary or secondary school, child care facility or public or private post-secondary educational institution enrollees, restricting the schedule to immunizations recommended by certain organizations, requiring commissioner consultation with the immunization practices task force to be appointed by the commissioner for advice purposes and with the commissioners of children, families and learning and human services, specifying certain criteria consideration requirements and requiring notice to immunization providers of changes in the immunization schedule; modifying certain immunization statement requirements and eliminating certain exemptions; specifying certain task force membership requirements; repealing the authority of the commissioner to suspend immunization requirements under certain conditions

MN SB 1352

Relates to health; modifies child immunization requirements.

MO HB 1369

Adds meningitis vaccine to the list of required immunizations for all school children. 

NJ AB 1888

Requires hepatitis B vaccinations for full-time students at institutions of higher education. ENACTED

NJ AB 1092

Requires immunization of children to varicella.

NJ SB 1119

Requires hepatitis B vaccinations for full-time students at institutions of higher education.

NY AB 1031

Requires immunization of school children between the ages of 15 and 18 against Lyme disease; makes related provisions.

NY AB 7110

Requires certain children to be immunized for Hepastitis A.

NY AB 3151

Directs commissioner of education to establish a statewide program requiring school districts to make hepatitis A, B and C vaccinations available to employees at no cost to the employees.

NY AB 1059

A bill requiring immunization of certain children against hepatitis C.

NY SB 7110

Removes requirement that religious beliefs be genuine and sincere in order to provide an exemption from mandatory immunizations for students.

NY SB 7111

Enacts the "philosophical exemption to immunizations act" in order to establish an exemption to mandatory immunizations.

NY SB 7117

Clarifies ambiguities regarding the medical exemption for mandatory immunizations for students.

NY SB 7283

Requires certain camps and secondary schools and colleges which have housing for students to provide information on meningitis, transmission thereof and immunization against such disease; provides that the form of such information shall be approved by the commissioner of health; provides for such institutions to distribute waiver forms indicating that the student, parent or guardian has opted not to obtain vaccination against meningitis.

OH S 14

Adds chickenpox to list of required vaccinations for school entry.

RI HB 7176

This act would add evidence of immunization to the Intra-state education Identification card for each child. This act would take effect upon passage. SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

Scope of Practice 

CA AB 1919

Authorizes a disease immunization program administered by a local Emergency Medical Services agency under which an Emergency Medical Technician- Paramedic who has satisfied certain training requirements established by the authority is permitted to administer immunizations during a declared state of emergency or disaster under state or local law.

HI HB 1842

Authorizes qualified pharmacists to administer immunization by injection to persons eighteen years of age or older. ENACTED

MN SB 2624

Authorizes pharmacists to administer immunizations.

NJ SB 1753

Provides civil immunity to public entities for damages occurring from, or caused directly or indirectly by, the use or misuse of distributed medical supplies, drugs, and vaccines which mitigate the effects of radiation exposure.

NY AB 5582

Relates to the practice of licensed pharmacy and administration of drugs or immunizing agents; requires certificates of administration to be issued to all pharmacists who administer drugs or immunizing agents; requires fee for such certificate to be paid on a triennial basis; defines "administer" to mean the direct application of a drug or device whether by injection, inhalation, ingestion or any other means to the body of a patient or research subject.

NY AB 6971

Relates to immunizing agents to be administered to adults by pharmacists; provides that a licensed pharmacist may execute a non-patient specific regimen prescribed or ordered by a licensed physician or certified nurse practitioner; defines the term "administer"; makes related provisions.

NY AB 8923

Licensed practical nurses may administer immunizations as directed by a registered professional nurse in the execution of a non-patient regimen prescribed or ordered by a licensed physician or certified nurse practitioner

NY SB 2961

Relates to the practice of licensed pharmacy and administration of drugs or immunizing agents; requires certificates of administration to be issued to all pharmacists who administer drugs or immunizing agents; requires fee for such certificate to be paid on a triennial basis; defines "administer" to mean the direct application of a drug or device whether by injection, inhalation, ingestion or any other means to the body of a patient or research subject.

NY SB 3657

Relates to immunizing agents to be administered to adults by pharmacists; provides that a licensed pharmacist may execute a non-patient specific regimen prescribed or ordered by a licensed physician or certified nurse practitioner; defines the term "administer"; makes related provisions.

NY SB 6295

Allows qualified nurses to administer immunizations. ENACTED

NY SB 4959

Licensed practical nurses may administer immunizations as directed by a registered professional nurse in the execution of a non-patient regimen prescribed or ordered by a licensed physician or certified nurse practitioner.

OK HB 2715

Relates to the state pharmacy act. Authorizes the administration of immunizations by certain individuals. SIGNED BY GOVERNOR.

RI SB 2762

This act would amend the definition of the practice of pharmacy to include the administration of prescribed injectable medications. This act would take effect on October 1, 2002.

TN HB 1468

Authorizes a pharmacist to administer the direct application of a drug to a patient by injection.

TN SB 1431

Relates to pharmacy; authorizes a pharmacist to administer the direct application of a drug to a patient by injection.

WI SB 329

Relates to state agency status for physicians and dentists providing specific public health services and removal of a physician from the state immunization program.