United States HR 5699: SAVE Act

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117TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 5699
To expand the definition of qualified persons for purposes of the Public
Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act to include health profes-
sional students.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 22, 2021
Mr. O’HALLERAN (for himself, Mr. MCKINLEY, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, and
Mr. JOYCE of Ohio) introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To expand the definition of qualified persons for purposes
of the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness
Act to include health professional students.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Student Assisted Vac-4
cination Effort Act’’ or the ‘‘SAVE Act’’. 5
SEC. 2. QUALIFIED PERSONS. 6
Section 319F–3(i)(8) of the Public Health Service 7
Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–6d(i)(8)) is amended— 8
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(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and 1
inserting a semicolon; 2
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as sub-3
paragraph (C); and 4
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the fol-5
lowing: 6
‘‘(B) a medical, nursing, pharmacy, phar-7
macy intern, midwife, paramedic, advanced or 8
intermediate emergency medical technician, 9
physician assistant, respiratory therapy, dental, 10
podiatry, optometry or veterinary student 11
with— 12
‘‘(i) appropriate training in admin-13
istering vaccines, as determined by the stu-14
dent’s school or training program; and 15
‘‘(ii) supervision by an individual de-16
scribed in subparagraph (A); or’’. 17
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