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House considers emergency health response bill to enable pre-event vaccinations and liability protections
Summary
House debate on HB160 centered on aligning Utah law with federal bioterrorism preparedness, enabling voluntary pre-event smallpox vaccinations for first-line responders and clarifying liability protections under federal frameworks; the Health Committee recommended the measure for the consent calendar.
Representative Dillery, sponsor of House Bill 160, described the measure as part of Utah’s effort to implement federal bioterrorism preparedness plans after 2002 federal guidance. She said the state had received ‘‘1,500 doses to begin inoculation here in Salt Lake’’ and that the bill would allow local health departments to identify pre-event health workers who voluntarily desire inoculation and to provide limited liability protections under federal…
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