Bill > SB75

This bill expands access to the state immunization registry to include health insurance plans (health plans) and allows these plans to use the registry for additional purposes beyond the current allowed uses. Specifically, the bill modifies existing law to add health plans to the list of entities permitted to access the immunization registry, which previously included only primary care physicians, nurses, healthcare providers, schools, child care agencies, and government health agencies. The bill also adds "health care quality improvement efforts" as a purpose for using the registry, alongside existing purposes like ensuring timely immunizations, improving immunization rates, and controlling communicable diseases. To support these changes, the bill appropriates $100,000 to the Department of Health and Human Services for technical modifications to the immunization registry system, with the changes set to take effect on July 1, 2025. The appropriation is intended to cover the costs of implementing the expanded access and new uses of the registry.