B 26-0496 Legislature · 26th Council Period (2025-2026)

Community Health Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2025

This bill amends two District of Columbia laws to expand which immunization guidelines healthcare providers must follow. It replaces references to "CDC guidelines" with "CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) or other designated medical/public health organizations" for both general healthcare providers (under the Health Occupations Act) and vaccination consent for minors (under the Consent for Vaccination Act). The change allows the DC Department of Health to designate additional organizations whose immunization schedules providers can use. This directly affects healthcare providers across DC and parents/guardians making vaccination decisions for minors. The amendment is an emergency measure intended to take effect immediately and last up to 90 days.

Issues: ✓ Healthcare

Sub-Topics: Public Health

Bill status signed all 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Nov 2025

Committee Review

Council Passage

Dec 2025

Signed into Law

Dec 2025

Introduced Nov 24, 2025 Signed Dec 19, 2025

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What changed between versions

Introduction → Enrollment · 2 edits

MINOR

This bill was re-enrolled and reformatted from a Council introduction to an enrolled version ready for the Mayor's signature. The substantive policy content remains the same, authorizing healthcare providers to administer immunizations based on guidelines from either the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices or other competent medical/public health organizations designated by the Department of Health Director. The enrolled version includes standard signature lines for the Council Chairman and Mayor.

TECHNICAL

The bill was converted from a Council introduction format to an enrolled original format, adding signature lines for the Council Chairman and Mayor, and renumbering sections to reflect the enrolled version structure.

Page headers changed from council document formatting to 'ENROLLED ORIGINAL' designation, indicating this is the final version prepared for executive approval.

Floor votes · Council Dec 2, 2025

How they voted

13–0

Passed

Total votes 13

Dec 2, 2025

D Democratic11

11 Yea

100% Yea

I Independent2

2 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

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Committee

Dec 2, 2025

Council · Passed

Council Vote: pass (13-0)

council

Nov 24, 2025

Introduced

B26-0496 Introduced by Councilmember Henderson at Office of the Secretary

legislature

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors