[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 420 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 420

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 14, 2023

Mr. Paul (for himself, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Lee, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Rubio, Ms. 
Lummis, Mr. Vance, Mr. Braun, and Mr. Cramer) introduced the following 
  bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit Federal funds from being made available to facilities 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 FACILITIES 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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