COVID–19 Vaccination Non-Discrimination Act

COVID-19 Vaccination Non-Discrimination Act

This bill prohibits making federal funds available to any facility that refuses to treat an individual based on the individual's COVID-19 vaccination status, including any funding under Medicare, Medicaid, or the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 991 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 991

 To prohibit Federal funds from being made available to entities that 
   refuse to provide treatment based on COVID-19 vaccination status.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 14, 2023

Mr. Bishop of North Carolina (for himself, Mr. Buck, Mr. McCormick, Ms. 
      Tenney, Mr. Ogles, Mr. Webster of Florida, Mr. Duncan, Mrs. 
  Harshbarger, Mr. Gosar, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mrs. Luna, and Mr. 
    Perry) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 
   Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit Federal funds from being made available to entities that 
   refuse to provide treatment based on COVID-19 vaccination status.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``COVID-19 Vaccination Non-
Discrimination Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FEDERAL FUNDS FOR ENTITIES THAT REFUSE TO 
              PROVIDE TREATMENT BASED ON COVID-19 VACCINATION STATUS.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds authorized or 
appropriated by Federal law, and none of the funds in any trust fund to 
which funds are authorized or appropriated by Federal law, including 
funds provided under titles XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.; 1396 et seq.; and 1397aa et seq., 
respectively) shall be made available to a facility that refuses to 
provide treatment to an individual based on the COVID-19 vaccination 
status of such individual.
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