Chapter 248 - LIST OF VACCINES TO BE PROVIDED BY THE UNIVERSAL CHILDHOOD IMMUNIZATION PROGRAM

Summary: This rule is issued jointly between the Department of Health and Human Services and the Maine Vaccine Board, to implement the provisions of P.L. 2009, c. 595, An Act to Establish the Universal Childhood Immunization Program ( 22 M.R.S.A. §1066 ). It lists the vaccines to be provided by the Universal Childhood Immunization Program.

By statute, the Department of Health and Human Services and the Maine Vaccine Board are required todetermine a list of vaccines to be provided by the Universal Childhood Immunization Program each year. In determining this list, the Board has considered: (1) vaccines recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ("Advisory Committee") that are available under contract with the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; (2) recommendations of the Department, based on the Department's review of the advisory committee recommendations; and (3) clinical and cost-benefit analyses.

The vaccine list along with estimates of population/age cohorts, estimates of current and expected immunization rates, and projections of vaccine wastage will form the basis of the Board's determination of the total cost of the fund in the succeeding program year.