Freedom for Health Care Workers Act

Subjects: Health, Administrative law and regulatory procedures, Cardiovascular and respiratory health, Health personnel, Immunology and vaccination, Infectious and parasitic diseases, Medicaid, Medicare

Summary:  <p><b>Freedom for Health Care Workers Act</b></p> <p>This bill nullifies the rule titled<i> Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination</i>, which was issued by the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services on November 5, 2021, and prohibits the issuance of any substantially similar rule. The rule requires health care providers, as a condition of Medicare and Medicaid participation, to ensure that staff are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.</p>

<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 497 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 497

  To eliminate the COVID-19 vaccine mandate on health care providers 
    furnishing items and services under certain Federal health care 
                               programs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 25, 2023

 Mr. Duncan (for himself, Mrs. Rodgers of Washington, Mr. Massie, Mr. 
Dunn of Florida, Mr. Donalds, Mr. Rosendale, Mr. Moolenaar, Mr. Wilson 
of South Carolina, Mr. Posey, Mr. Balderson, Mr. Johnson of Louisiana, 
Ms. Mace, Mr. Cloud, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, Mr. Carl, Mr. Ellzey, 
 Mr. Weber of Texas, Mrs. Greene of Georgia, Mr. Latta, Ms. Van Duyne, 
Mr. Timmons, Mr. Armstrong, Mr. Reschenthaler, Mr. Pfluger, Mr. Perry, 
 Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Hudson, Mr. 
    Guthrie, Mr. Rutherford, Mr. Jackson of Texas, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. 
    Crenshaw, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. Bucshon, Mr. Allen, Mr. Biggs, Mrs. 
Boebert, Mr. Mast, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Norman, Ms. Malliotakis, Ms. Tenney, 
Mr. Bergman, Mr. Burgess, Mrs. Miller-Meeks, Mr. Guest, Mr. Palmer, Mr. 
    Sessions, Mr. Arrington, Mr. Fry, Mr. Ogles, Mr. McCormick, Mr. 
 Buchanan, Mr. Bishop of North Carolina, Mrs. Luna, Mrs. Harshbarger, 
Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mr. Miller of Ohio, and Mr. Ferguson) 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 eliminate the COVID-19 vaccine mandate on health care providers 
    furnishing items and services under certain Federal health care 
                               programs.

    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 ``Freedom for Health Care Workers 
Act''.

SEC. 2. ELIMINATING THE COVID-19 VACCINE MANDATE ON HEALTH CARE 
              PROVIDERS FURNISHING ITEMS AND SERVICES UNDER CERTAIN 
              FEDERAL HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS.

    The Secretary of Health and Human Services may not implement, 
enforce, or otherwise give effect to the rule entitled ``Medicare and 
Medicaid Programs; Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination'' 
published by the Department of Health and Human Services on November 5, 
2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 61555) and may not promulgate any substantially 
similar rule.
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