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House Bill No. 5506

Public Act No. 22-118 690 of 739

pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection or fifty per cent. Sec. 493. Section 19a-7h of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2022): (a) As used in this section, "health care provider" means a person who has direct or supervisory responsibility for the administration of a vaccine or assessment of immunization status, including a physician or physician assistant licensed pursuant to chapter 370, a nurse-midwife licensed pursuant to chapter 377, an advanced practice registered nurse or registered nurse licensed pursuant to chapter 378, a pharmacist licensed pursuant to chapter 400j, or an individual authorized under the general statutes or federal law to administer a vaccine. [(a)] (b) The Commissioner of Public Health or [his] the commissioner's designee [may, within the limitations of available resources,] shall establish and maintain an immunization information system for the purpose of assuring [timely childhood] vaccine recipient's access to their immunization [an ongoing registry of all children who have not begun the first grade of school including all newborns] records. The [registry] immunization information system shall include such information as is necessary to accurately identify a [child] vaccine recipient and to assess such recipient's current immunization status. [(b)] (c) [For purposes of this section, "health care provider" means a person who has direct or supervisory responsibility for the delivery of immunization including licensed physicians, nurse practitioners, nurse midwives, physician assistants and nurses.] Each health care provider who has [provided health care] administered a vaccine to a [child listed in the registry] person in the state shall report, [to] in a form and manner prescribed by the commissioner, or the commissioner's designee, [sufficient information to identify the child and] information, which shall include, but need not be limited to, (1) the name and date of birth