In 2010, the Legislature established the Washington Vaccine Association?(Association) and required?health carriers and third party administrators to pay an assessment to the Association to?fund the state?s purchase of vaccines for children. The Association collects funds from the carriers and third party administrators and remits the funds to the state. The state then purchases the vaccines in bulk and delivers them to providers at no cost.

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For this program, "vaccine" means a preparation of killed or attenuated living microorganisms, or fraction thereof, that upon administration stimulates immunity that protects against disease and is approved by the Federal Food and Drug Administration as safe and effective and recommended by the advisory committee on immunization practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for administration to children under the age of 19 years.

The definition of vaccine is changed to "an immunization approved by the Federal Food and Drug Administration as safe and effective and recommended by the advisory committee on immunization practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for administration to children under the age of 19 years."