TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDER TO MANDATE FLU VACCINATION
- Executive Order Creates Influenza Vaccine Task Force to Promote “National Security and Public Health”
- 12/1/2019: Florida Wants to Track Vaccination Status of All its Citizens with Proposed New Law
- HB-213 Florida Immunization Registry Legislation
- FL Citizen Alliance: 2019 Legislative Cycle: Tracking Key Bills - Prohibited Discrimination HB-213
- 2019 Florida Statutes: 1003.22 School-entry health examinations; immunization against communicable diseases; exemptions; duties of Department of Health.
National Influenza Vaccine Task Force
ON SEPT., 19TH PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNED A DRACONIAN ORDER TO ENFORCE FLU VACCINATIONS AS AN ISSUE OF NATIONAL SECURITY. -- IMPLICATIONS TO HEALTHCARE COULD DENY MEDICAL BENEFITS FOR MEDICAIRE AND OTHER INSURED PATIENTS WHO ATTEMPT TO "OPT-OUT" OF VACCINATION.
NO PLACE TO HIDE
TRACKING SYSTEM TO CATCH NON-COMPLIANT PATIENTS IS IN PLACE.
Sec. 3. National Influenza Vaccine Task Force. (a) There is hereby established a National Influenza Vaccine Task Force (Task Force). The Task Force shall identify actions to achieve the objectives identified in section 2 of this order and monitor and report on the implementation and results of those actions. The Task Force shall be co-chaired by the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, or their designees.
(b) In addition to the Co-Chairs, the Task Force shall consist of a senior official from the following executive branch departments, agencies, and offices:
(i) the Department of Defense (DOD);
(ii) the Department of Justice;
(iii) the Department of Agriculture;
(iv) the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA);
(v) the Department of Homeland Security;
(vi) the United States Food and Drug Administration;
(vii) the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention;
(viii) the National Institutes of Health (NIH);
(ix) the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); and
(x) the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA).