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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 10077 

To direct certain institutions of higher education to pay the medical costs 

of students who were diagnosed with certain diseases following a required 

COVID–19 vaccination, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 29, 2024 

Mr. ROSENDALE (for himself, Mr. POSEY, and Mr. CRANE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the 

Workforce 

A BILL 

To direct certain institutions of higher education to pay 

the medical costs of students who were diagnosed with 

certain diseases following a required COVID–19 vaccination, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘University Forced Vac5 cination Student Injury Mitigation Act of 2024’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PAYMENT OF MEDICAL COSTS AFTER COVID–19 

2 VACCINE. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning not later than 90 days 

4 after the date of the enactment of this Act, in order to 

5 continue to be eligible to receive funds under an applicable 

6 program, a covered institution shall pay the medical costs 

7 for each covered individual with an approved request 

8 under subsection (b). 

9 (b) REQUEST FOR PAYMENT.— 

10 (1) SUBMISSION.—A student seeking payment 

11 of medical costs under subsection (a) shall submit to 

12 the covered institution at which the student is en13 rolled a request for payment containing the following 

14 information: 

15 (A) A record of COVID–19 vaccination, in16 cluding— 

17 (i) the date of such vaccination; and 

18 (ii) certification that such vaccination 

19 was in order to comply with requirements 

20 of the institution for attendance at such 

21 institution. 

22 (B) Certification from a medical provider 

23 that, following the vaccination described in 

24 paragraph (1), the student received a diagnosis 

25 of at least 1 of the following diseases: 

26 (i) Myocarditis. 


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1 (ii) Pericarditis. 

2 (iii) Thrombosis with 

3 thrombocytopenia syndrome. 

4 (iv) Guillian-Barre Syndrome. 

5 (v) Any other disease with a positive 

6 association with the COVID–19 vaccine 

7 which the Secretary of Education deter8 mines to be warranted. 

9 (C) Medical costs for the student. 

10 (D) Records, including medical records, 

11 supporting— 

12 (i) the diagnosis described in subpara13 graph (B); and 

14 (ii) the medical costs described in sub15 paragraph (C). 

16 (2) APPROVAL.— 

17 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days 

18 after receiving a request under paragraph (1), 

19 the institution shall review the request and 

20 make a determination with respect to whether 

21 the request contains the information required 

22 under subparagraphs (A) through (D) of such 

23 paragraph. 

24 (B) INSUFFICIENT INFORMATION.—In the 

25 case of a student who submits a request under 


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1 paragraph (1) that contains insufficient infor2 mation to be approved under subparagraph (A), 

3 the institution shall assist such student in com4 pleting such request. 

5 (C) INACCURATE INFORMATION.— 

6 (i) MEDICAL COSTS.—If an institution 

7 receives a request under paragraph (1) 

8 that contains inconsistent information with 

9 respect to medical costs described in sub10 paragraph (C) of paragraph (1) and the 

11 records supporting such medical costs in12 cluded pursuant to subparagraph (D)(i) of 

13 such paragraph, the institution may dis14 pute such medical costs. 

15 (ii) CIVIL ACTION.—An institution 

16 may bring a civil action in an appropriate 

17 district court of the United States against 

18 a student who, with the intent to defraud 

19 the institution, submitted a request under 

20 paragraph (1) containing false or fraudu21 lent information, seeking damages in an 

22 amount that is equal to three times the 

23 amount of the payment the student re24 ceived or sought. 

25 (c) COMPLIANCE.— 


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1 (1) NOTIFICATION.—A student who is enrolled 

2 in a covered institution and who submitted a request 

3 under subsection (b) may notify the Secretary if 

4 such institution is not complying with the require5 ments of this section. Such notification shall in6 clude— 

7 (A) the date of submission of such request; 

8 (B) the information included in such re9 quest; and 

10 (C) any other information supporting the 

11 claim that the institution is not complying with 

12 the requirements of this section. 

13 (2) DETERMINATION.— 

14 (A) IN GENERAL.—Upon receipt of a noti15 fication under paragraph (1), the Secretary 

16 shall make a determination with respect to 

17 whether the covered institution is complying 

18 with the requirements of this section. 

19 (B) LOSS OF FUNDS.—If the Secretary de20 termines that such institution is not in compli21 ance with the requirements of this section, the 

22 institution shall not be eligible to receive funds 

23 under an applicable program for the fiscal year 

24 beginning after the date of such determination. 

25 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 


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1 (1) APPLICABLE PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘appli2 cable program’’ has the meaning given such term in 

3 section 400(c) of the General Education Provisions 

4 Act (20 U.S.C. 1221(c)). 

5 (2) COVERED INSTITUTION.—The term ‘‘cov6 ered institution’’ means an institution of higher edu7 cation (as such term is defined in section 102 of the 

8 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002))— 

9 (A) that receives funds under an applicable 

10 program; and 

11 (B) that requires, or required, a COVID– 

12 19 vaccination for attendance at such institu13 tion. 

14 (3) STUDENT.—The term ‘‘student’’ means an 

15 individual who, for any amount of time, attends, or 

16 attended, as applicable, a covered institution after 

17 January 20, 2020. 

18 (4) MEDICAL COSTS.—The term ‘‘medical 

19 costs’’ means— 

20 (A) costs associated with the diagnosis, 

21 cure, mitigation, or treatment of a disease de22 scribed in subparagraphs (A) through (E) of 

23 subsection (b)(2); and 


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1 (B) any wages or income lost due to illness 

2 caused by such a disease. 

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