Here's the link to HB 550, https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/550/all-info Yes, it's WA state specific but supports the federal registry.
Immunization Infrastructure Modernization Act of 2021
This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to take actions to improve data sharing and other aspects of immunization information systems. These are confidential, population-based databases that maintain a record of vaccine administrations.
Specifically, HHS must
develop a strategy and plan to improve these systems, including systems supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention;
designate data and technology standards for use in these systems; and
award grants to health departments and other government agencies to improve their systems.
As a condition of receiving the grants, recipients must use the designated standards. However, HHS may waive this condition in some circumstances.
HHS must also report to Congress on these activities.
"H.R. 550 is focused on state-level databases called Immunization Information Systems -- these state level systems contain no personal information about anyone's vaccine status, rather, the data can be aggregated and used to help predict and prepare for disease outbreaks or identify where there may be a vaccine supply shortage during a pandemic. The bill puts guardrails on how the Biden Administration can use existing funding to improve IISs. Beefing up the security of these systems, so bad actors can't access the data, would be one purpose of the bill.
Some answers to specific questions that might be helpful:
Q: Will this bill create a federal database of vaccines for the federal government to track me?
A: No, this bill will not create a federal database. IISs already exist in the states, and the information in them is de-identified. Your personal information is not in these systems.
Q: Will this bill make it easier for the government to track me?
A: No. This system does not contain any of your personal information, so therefore no one can track you through it.
Q: Will the Biden Administration use the IISs to track who has been vaccinated and who hasn't?
A: No. These systems include de-identified vaccine data. It is not possible for anyone to look up your vaccine status in these systems."
-But, I'll leave it up to you to read the fine print because we all know where this leads.
Here's the link to HB 550, https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/550/all-info Yes, it's WA state specific but supports the federal registry.
Passed House (11/30/2021)
Immunization Infrastructure Modernization Act of 2021
This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to take actions to improve data sharing and other aspects of immunization information systems. These are confidential, population-based databases that maintain a record of vaccine administrations.
Specifically, HHS must
develop a strategy and plan to improve these systems, including systems supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention;
designate data and technology standards for use in these systems; and
award grants to health departments and other government agencies to improve their systems.
As a condition of receiving the grants, recipients must use the designated standards. However, HHS may waive this condition in some circumstances.
HHS must also report to Congress on these activities.
The most benign interpretation of this law is:
"H.R. 550 is focused on state-level databases called Immunization Information Systems -- these state level systems contain no personal information about anyone's vaccine status, rather, the data can be aggregated and used to help predict and prepare for disease outbreaks or identify where there may be a vaccine supply shortage during a pandemic. The bill puts guardrails on how the Biden Administration can use existing funding to improve IISs. Beefing up the security of these systems, so bad actors can't access the data, would be one purpose of the bill.
Some answers to specific questions that might be helpful:
Q: Will this bill create a federal database of vaccines for the federal government to track me?
A: No, this bill will not create a federal database. IISs already exist in the states, and the information in them is de-identified. Your personal information is not in these systems.
Q: Will this bill make it easier for the government to track me?
A: No. This system does not contain any of your personal information, so therefore no one can track you through it.
Q: Will the Biden Administration use the IISs to track who has been vaccinated and who hasn't?
A: No. These systems include de-identified vaccine data. It is not possible for anyone to look up your vaccine status in these systems."
-But, I'll leave it up to you to read the fine print because we all know where this leads.