Bill Text: HI HCR157 | 2018 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Encouraging The Department Of Health To Maintain Communications With The Centers For Disease Control And Prevention In Ongoing Efforts To Better Understand And Monitor The Immunization And Vaccination Of Children In Hawaii And Ensure Their Safety.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-28 - Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Souki excused (1). [HCR157 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2018-HCR157-Amended.html

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.C.R. NO.	157
TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018		H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII

HOUSE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

 

 

ENCOURAGING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO MAINTAIN COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION IN ONGOING EFFORTS to better understand and monitor the immunization and vaccination of children in Hawaii and ensure their safety.

 

 

 

     WHEREAS, the State of Hawaii recognizes the importance of vaccine safety and that the health and safety of our keiki and communities are of utmost importance today and for future generations; and

 

     WHEREAS, recent conversations have encouraged direct communications between the Department of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regarding the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System which has led the Department of Health to obtain numerical data about reported vaccine adverse events specific to Hawaii; and

 

     WHEREAS, while the Department of Health did not specifically know the number of vaccine adverse events reported in Hawaii prior to conversations with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, subsequent communications and discussion has allowed the Department to gain a further understanding of the specific data contained in the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System database; and

 

     WHEREAS, the knowledge gained through communications between the Department of Health and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has allowed the Department to increase its understanding about reported vaccine adverse events in the State; and

 

     WHEREAS, while the Department of Health actively encourages medical professionals to use the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, the Department also acknowledges the limitations of self-reporting and will continue to encourage prompt and accurate reporting of potential adverse incidents related to vaccines in Hawaii so that more accurate and detailed data on any adverse events related to vaccinations in Hawaii may be collected; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-ninth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2018, the Senate concurring, that the Department of Health is encouraged to continue to communicate with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regarding immunization data specific to Hawaii, particularly with regards to reports of any possible adverse events related to vaccines, to better understand and monitor the immunization and vaccination of children in Hawaii and ensure their safety; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Health is requested to continue to advise health-care providers and vaccine administrators to discuss vaccine information statements with patients, parents, or guardians, in accordance with applicable laws; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Director of Health and the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Report Title: 

Vaccination Communications with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention