Several have authorized pharmacists to administer the COVID vaccine and/or have required insurers to cover the cost. Individual State VariabilityTo date, Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Maryland, New Mexico and Virginia have individually taken action to expand COVID vaccine access by allowing pharmacists to administer the vaccine under certain circumstances. Those circumstances vary by state and, in some cases, by pharmacy—so check with your state health department. Recently, Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo said he has a goal to end the state’s availability of mRNA COVID vaccines (both Pfizer’s and Moderna’s COVID vaccines are mRNA-based). Currently, no federal statute prevents people from traveling to another state to receive a COVID vaccine.