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Norwalk health staff propose raising yellow fever vaccine fee; board requests detailed review and special meeting
Summary
Officials told the board that the yellow fever vaccine purchase price rose to $242 from a $225 charged fee and proposed increasing the public fee to $295; members asked staff to circulate costing spreadsheets and consider hiring a billing consultant and a resident/nonresident fee structure.
Diana D'Amore told the Board of Health that vaccine purchase prices have risen and that staff needed guidance on whether to raise fees for travel immunizations. She said the department currently charges $225 for the yellow fever vaccine while the purchase cost has reached $242, and staff proposed increasing the fee to $295 to cover program costs.
"Our fee currently for the yellow fever vaccine, we charge $225, but the cost now is $242,"…
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