House File 2528 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2528 BY ANDREWS A BILL FOR An Act relating to the provision of covered vaccine 1 information, relating to the federal vaccine adverse 2 event reporting system and the national vaccine injury 3 compensation program. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 6173YH (3) 90 pf/ko

H.F. 2528 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 135.139F Administration and 1 advertisement of covered vaccines —— provision of information —— 2 limitation of liability for vaccine injuries. 3 1. A health care provider who is licensed or authorized 4 to administer covered vaccines, shall verbally provide to the 5 patient prior to the administration of a covered vaccine, 6 information regarding the federal vaccine adverse event 7 reporting system and the national vaccine injury compensation 8 program, including information regarding the limitation of the 9 covered vaccine manufacturer’s liability for a vaccine injury 10 related to the covered vaccine. 11 2. Any advertisement distributed in the state for a covered 12 vaccine via radio, newspaper, television, internet, or other 13 medium, shall include a statement regarding the limitation of 14 the liability of the manufacturer of the covered vaccine for 15 any vaccine injury related to the covered vaccine under the 16 national vaccine injury compensation program. 17 3. For the purposes of this section: 18 a. “Covered vaccine” means a vaccine recommended by the 19 centers for disease control and prevention of the United 20 States department of health and human services for routine 21 administration to children or pregnant women and subject to an 22 excise tax under federal law. 23 b. “Federal vaccine adverse event reporting system” means the 24 national vaccine safety surveillance program comonitored by the 25 United States food and drug administration and the centers for 26 disease control and prevention of the United States department 27 of health and human services. 28 c. “National vaccine injury compensation program” means 29 the national vaccine injury compensation program established 30 pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §300aa-10 and administered by the 31 division of compensation programs, health care systems bureau, 32 health resources and services administration, United States 33 department of health and human services. 34 EXPLANATION 35 -1- LSB 6173YH (3) 90 pf/ko 1/ 2

H.F. 2528 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 1 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 2 This bill relates to the information that must be provided 3 regarding the limitation of the liability of a manufacturer of 4 a covered vaccine under federal law prior to the administration 5 of a covered vaccine and in any advertisement of the covered 6 vaccine in the state. The bill requires a health care provider 7 who is licensed or authorized to administer covered vaccines, 8 to verbally provide to the patient prior to the administration 9 of a covered vaccine, information regarding the federal vaccine 10 adverse event reporting system and the national vaccine injury 11 compensation program, including information regarding the 12 limitation of the covered vaccine manufacturer’s liability 13 for a vaccine injury related to the vaccine. The bill also 14 requires that any advertisement distributed in the state for 15 a covered vaccine via radio, newspaper, television, internet, 16 or other medium, shall include a statement regarding the 17 limitation of the liability of the manufacturer of the covered 18 vaccine for any vaccine injury related to the covered vaccine 19 under the national vaccine injury compensation program. 20 -2- LSB 6173YH (3) 90 pf/ko 2/ 2