Vaccine Access Improvement Act of 2019
United States116th CongressS-1654Senate
Updated: May 23, 2019
Summary
Vaccine Access Improvement Act of 2019 This bill modifies the excise tax on certain vaccines to (1) automatically impose the tax on vaccines that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) adds to the Vaccine Injury Table, and (2) require HHS to notify the Department of the Treasury and Congress when new vaccines are added to the table. (The excise tax funds the National Vaccine Injury Program, which compensates people who have been injured by vaccines listed on the table.)
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Timeline
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Senate
Introduced in Senate
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