No Mandates for Healthcare Workers Act

Bill: 117-hr-6414
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Crenshaw, Dan [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2022-01-18
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health

Emergency medical services and trauma care

Health personnel

Immunology and vaccination

Infectious and parasitic diseases

Medicaid

Medicare

Worker safety and health
Latest action: action_date: 2022-01-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-01-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>No Mandates for Healthcare Workers Act</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services (CMS) from requiring any drug or vaccine or other biological product to be administered to employees of health care providers as a condition of Medicare and Medicaid participation. </p> <p>On November 5, 2021, the CMS issued a rule titled <i>Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination</i>. 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>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6414 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 18, 2022 Mr. Crenshaw (for himself and Mr. Duncan ) 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 A BILL To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to prohibit any conditions of participation under the Medicare or Medicaid programs that include a vaccine or drug mandate.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Mandates for Healthcare Workers Act . 2. Limitation on conditions of participation in Medicare and Medicaid Part A of title XI of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1301 et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 1150D. Prohibition on conditions of participation in Medicare and Medicaid The Secretary shall not have the authority to require any drug (as defined in section 201(g)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act) or vaccine or other biological product (as defined in section 351(i)(1) of the Public Health Service Act) be administered to employees of a provider of services as a condition of participation in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. .