Protecting Free Vaccines Act
Official title: To require coverage of certain immunizations recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices under the Medicare program, the Medicaid program, … Show full official titleShow less
Official title: To require coverage of certain immunizations recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices under the Medicare program, the Medicaid program, the Children's Health Insurance Program, group health plans, and health insurance coverage.
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Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Protecting Free Vaccines Act
This bill requires Medicare, Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and private health insurers to cover, without cost-sharing, vaccines that were recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices as of October 25, 2024. The requirement ends on January 1, 2030.
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- MASON CONSULTING, LLC
- MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOCIETY
- MASON CONSULTING, LLC
- MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOCIETY
- MASON CONSULTING, LLC
- NYU LANGONE HOSPITALS (FORMERLY NYU HOSPITALS CENTER)
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
- Natl Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
- Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
- Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)
- Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5448: Protecting Free Vaccines Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5448/
"H.R. 5448: Protecting Free Vaccines Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5448/.
H.R. 5448, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5448/.
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