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S 1799 112th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security Health care quality Health information and medical records Health promotion and preventive care Infectious and parasitic diseases Veterans' medical care

Access to Appropriate Immunizations for Veterans Act of 2011

Introduced: November 3, 2011 See on congress.gov
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Jun 27, 2012
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-668.
Nov 3, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Nov 3, 2011
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Access to Appropriate Immunizations for Veterans Act of 2011 - Includes within authorized preventive health services available to veterans through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) immunizations against infectious diseases, including each immunization on the recommended adult immunization schedule established by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.

Requires the inclusion, in an annual report from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on VA preventive health services, of programs conducted to ensure that veterans have received each immunization on such immunization schedule at the appropriate time.

Directs the Secretary to develop and implement quality measures and metrics to ensure that veterans receiving VA medical services receive each immunization at the time indicated on the schedule. Requires statistics related to such quality measures and metrics to be included in the annual report described above. Provides deadlines for the establishment and implementation of the measures and metrics.

What's happening now June 27, 2012

Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-668.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1930 Related bill Access to Appropriate Immunizations for Veterans Act of 2011
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All 1 Democratic 1
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Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Nov 3, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1799: Access to Appropriate Immunizations for Veterans Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1799/
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