Family Vaccine Protection Act
House Bill Would Require Written Scientific Justification for Overriding Vaccine Panel Recommendations
Stalled
No legislative action in over 90 days.
Legislative Progress
Key Points
- Puts the national vaccine advice panel into federal law and sets rules for how it works, including open public meetings.
- Requires the health agency leader to adopt the panel’s vaccine recommendations unless they publicly explain, using peer‑reviewed science, why they disagree.
- Speeds up review of new vaccines: the panel must look at a newly licensed vaccine by its next meeting and aim to make a recommendation within 90 days after the maker notifies the agency.
- If federal health leaders go against the panel on vaccine use (including insurance coverage rules and the children’s vaccine program), they must publish their reason and notify key House and Senate committees within 48 hours.
- Adds a science standard for changing the vaccine injury compensation table, saying removals or other changes must be backed by the best available scientific evidence; authorizes $2.8 million per year for 2026–2029 to run the panel.
Impact Analysis
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Milestones
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Introduced in House
The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.
Votes
No votes have been recorded for this legislation yet.
Related News
4 articlesSen. Hickenlooper Introduces Family Vaccine Protection Act
Senator John Hickenlooper introduced the Family Vaccine Protection Act to codify the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) into federal law. The bill aims to protect scientific standards and ensure vaccine recommendations are rooted in data rather than politics.
AAP launches strategic campaign to combat vaccine misinformation
The American Academy of Pediatrics is supporting the Family Vaccine Protection Act (H.R. 3701), which seeks to codify the ACIP and keep it free of political interference following the mass dismissal of its members by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Op-Ed: Follow the science on vaccines, not Kennedy
U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone introduced the Family Vaccine Protection Act to safeguard the childhood immunization schedule from political interference and hold new members of the Advisory Committee on Vaccine Practices accountable to evidence-based medicine.
Source Information
Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
Family Vaccine Protection Act
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