From [HERE] WHAT IS CAIR2? 

California has had an immunization registry, operated by local health officers and the California Department of Public Health (“CDPH”), for 15 years. CDPH describes CAIR2 a “secure, confidential, statewide computerized immunization information system for California residents. The registry is accessed online to help providers and other authorized users track patient immunization records, reduce missed opportunities, and help fully immunize Californians of all ages.” [Emphasis added].

Prior to 2023, California law required any individuals administering vaccines enrolled with this registry to input immunizations directly into it; however, any administrators not enrolled in CAIR2 were not required to do so. They would simply administered the vaccine, recorded it in the patient file and on the “yellow card,” and that was the end of it. The law also authorized local health departments (“LHD”), CDPH, health care providers, and “other authorized users”, such as schools, childcare facilities, family childcare homes, and county human services agencies, to share specified immunization information for “to carry out their respective responsibilities,” such as for attendance, participation, receipt of benefits, etc.

As of today, however – thanks to Assemblywoman Akilah Weber’s Assembly Bill 1797, which was co-authored by – wait for it you will never believe it – former Senator Richard Pan, Senators Scott Weiner and Josh Newman, and Assemblymembers Buffy Wicks and Evan Low [click on link above which directs you to their contact information if you care to give them a shout] and became law on September 27, 2022 – every provider administering vaccines will be required to input the immunization into CAIR2, along with the recipient’s name, DOB, dates of immunization, type, adverse reactions, TB results, addresses phone number, gender, place of birth, race and ethnicity. Additionally, schools, childcare facilities, family childcare homes, WIC (Women, Infants & Children) service providers, foster care agencies, county human services agencies, and health care plans (“other authorized users”) can lawfully download and use your and your child’s immunization information to perform immunization status assessments of pupils, adults, and clients “to ensure health and safety.” [whatever any of that means].

Before we get to that, though, let’s refresh…. [MORE]