SB380 Alabama 2021 Session

Updated May 4, 2021

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Tom Whatley
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2021
Title: Health, St. Bd. of, immunization registry, reports re immunization vaccines, review by providers, Sec. 22-11B-2 am'd.
Description: Under existing law, the State Board of Health maintains an immunization registry that is the central registry for immunization vaccines administered by health care providers.
This bill would require health care providers to report vaccines administered to the immunization registry and would require health care providers to review the registry before a vaccine is administered unless the health care provider has a bi-directional interface with the registry.
Review of the registry prior to the administration of a flu vaccine would not be required.
Subjects: Health

Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Healthcare