{"format":1,"id":"117-hr-550","congress":117,"number":"H.R. 550","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Immunization Infrastructure Modernization Act of 2021","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to immunization system data modernization and expansion, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to immunization system data modernization and expansion, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Immunization Infrastructure Modernization Act of 2021"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Immunization Infrastructure Modernization Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Immunization Infrastructure Modernization Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Immunization Infrastructure Modernization Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Immunization Infrastructure Modernization Act of 2021"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2021-01-28","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2021-11-30","vote":{"id":"117-2021-h388","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended","title":"Immunization Infrastructure Modernization Act","result":"Passed","yea":294,"nay":130,"present":0,"not_voting":9,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2021/roll388.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.","date":"2021-12-01"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2021-11-30","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Immunization Infrastructure Modernization Act of 2021"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to take actions to improve data sharing and other aspects of immunization information systems. These are confidential, population-based databases that maintain a record of vaccine administrations."},{"k":"p","t":"Specifically, HHS must"},{"k":"li","t":"develop a strategy and plan to improve these systems, including systems supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"designate data and technology standards for use in these systems; and","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"award grants to health departments and other government agencies to improve their systems.","d":1},{"k":"p","t":"As a condition of receiving the grants, recipients must use the designated standards. However, HHS may waive this condition in some circumstances."},{"k":"p","t":"HHS must also report to Congress on these activities."}],"words":121},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary to expand and improve immunization information systems run by State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments, including through grants, data standards, a strategy and plan, and a report to Congress.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/550/text/eh#H3729CD6201E34FA6B119F3DB497DF75F"}]},"core_areas":["Immunization information system modernization and data exchange","Grants and cooperative agreements to State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments","Data and technology standards for award recipients","Strategy, implementation plan, and report to congressional committees"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Requires the Secretary to conduct activities to expand and improve immunization information systems run by State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments, and to award grants or cooperative agreements to the governmental entities that administer them.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/550/text/eh#H3729CD6201E34FA6B119F3DB497DF75F"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary to designate data and technology standards that governmental entities must follow as a condition of an award, and to support a means of independent verification of the standards used.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/550/text/eh#H3729CD6201E34FA6B119F3DB497DF75F"}},{"text":"Bars awards unless the applicant uses and agrees to use standards adopted by the Secretary, and lets the Secretary waive this if the funded activities cannot otherwise be carried out in the jurisdiction.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/550/text/eh#H3729CD6201E34FA6B119F3DB497DF75F"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary, within 90 days of enactment, to submit a coordinated strategy and implementation plan to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/550/text/eh#H3729CD6201E34FA6B119F3DB497DF75F"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary, within 1 year of enactment, to report to those committees on barriers to interoperable immunization information systems and on immunization coverage and access in medically underserved, rural, and frontier areas.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/550/text/eh#H3729CD6201E34FA6B119F3DB497DF75F"}},{"text":"Authorizes $400,000,000 to be appropriated to carry out the section, to remain available until expended.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/550/text/eh#H3729CD6201E34FA6B119F3DB497DF75F"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2021-11-30","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/550/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/550","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/550/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-hr-550.png","v":"08817b6ad06c","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 550, 117th Congress: Immunization Infrastructure Modernization Act of 2021. House: 294 Yea, 130 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 30 Nov 2021."}}