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Protecting Free Vaccines Act

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-09-18
Introduced
76
Cosponsors
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Frank Pallone, Jr.
Frank Pallone, Jr.
Democrat · NJ · Representative
Votes with party: 98.0% (551 recorded votes)

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Cosponsors (76)

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Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

2025-09-18

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Plain-English Summary

Protecting Free Vaccines Act This bill requires Medicare, Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and private health insurers to cover, without cost-sharing, vaccines that were recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices as of October 25, 2024. The requirement ends on January 1, 2030.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

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