S. 171 · 118th Congress · Senate

Ending Discrimination in COVID–19 Treatments Act

Active· Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Introduced
Jan 31, 23
Passed Senate
Pending
Passed House
Pending
Sent to President
Pending
Signed into Law
Pending

Executive Summary

Ending Discrimination in COVID-19 Treatments Act

This bill prohibits consideration of certain factors in decisions about access to federally provided treatments or vaccines for COVID-19.

As a condition of receiving the treatments or vaccines from the federal government, states, localities, and private entities must ensure that specified demographic characteristics (e.g., race, sex, and age) or other characteristics (e.g., vaccination status, veteran status, and political ideology or speech) are not taken into account when determining a patient's eligibility for treatments or vaccines.

Action Timeline

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  1. JAN 31, 2023IntroReferral

    Introduced in Senate

  2. JAN 31, 2023IntroReferral

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Committees

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Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

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Referred: Jan 31, 2023

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