District of ColumbiaD.C. providers could use named groups' vaccine guidance temporarily
For up to 90 days after September 22, 2025, covered D.C. providers could order and give vaccines using guidance from a federal vaccine advisory group or a health group the health director publicly named.
What it does
During the temporary act, covered D.C. health providers could order or give vaccines under schedules from the federal vaccine advisory group or a health group publicly named by D.C.'s health director.
During the temporary act, vaccine recommendations and schedules for minors covered by D.C.'s vaccination consent law could come from the federal vaccine advisory group or a health group publicly named by the health director.
Argument forIf federal advice differed, guidance from a health group publicly named by the health director could have helped covered D.C. providers give vaccines under that group's schedule.
Argument againstIf the allowed groups gave different schedules, providers and families might have had to compare them when planning a minor's vaccination.
More detail
Covered D.C. health providers could order or give vaccines using guidance from the federal vaccine advisory group or a publicly named medical or public health group. The amended D.C. health occupations rules covered providers who order or give vaccines. The health director had to name a medical or public health group in a public notice. Providers had to follow the published guidelines and vaccine schedule of whichever permitted group they used. The act took effect following the Mayor's approval on September 22, 2025, and could remain in effect for no more than 90 days.
D.C.'s rules on minors' vaccination could use vaccine recommendations and schedules from the federal vaccine advisory group or a publicly named health group. These terms applied to vaccine guidance in D.C.'s law on minors' consent to vaccination. The health director had to name a medical or public health group in a public notice. The vaccine had to be recommended by the federal group or a named group, and the minor's vaccination had to follow a schedule from either. These terms applied while the emergency act was in effect for no more than 90 days after the Mayor approved it on September 22, 2025.
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- Introduced
- Passed 1st Chamber
- Passed 2nd Chamber
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
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History
- 2025
- Sep 26Act A26-0149 Published in DC Register Vol 72 and Page 010314, Expires on Dec 21, 2025Latest
- Sep 22Returned from Mayor
- Sep 22Signed by the Mayor and Enacted with Act Number A26-0149, Expires on Dec 21, 2025Became Law
- Sep 19Transmitted to Mayor, Response Due on Sep 22, 2025To Governor
- Sep 17Final ReadingMinor
- Vote recorded Final Reading. Result: pass.Legislature
- Sep 17Retained by the Council
- Sep 16B26-0350 Introduced by Councilmember Henderson at Office of the SecretaryIntroduced
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