Ending Mandates on Head Start Educators Act

Bill: 118-hr-794
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14]
Introduced: 2023-02-02
Policy area: Health
Latest action: action_date: 2023-02-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-02-02
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Ending Mandates on Head Start Educators Act</b></p> <p>This bill nullifies the rule titled <i>Vaccine and Mask Requirements to Mitigate the Spread of COVID-19 in Head Start Programs</i>, which was issued by the Department of Health and Human Services on November 30, 2021. The rule requires that (1) all individuals two years of age and older wear face masks (subject to some exceptions) when participating in Head Start programs, and (2) Head Start staff and others with direct contact with children be vaccinated against COVID-19.</p> <p>The bill also prohibits the issuance of any substantially similar rule.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 794 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 2, 2023 Mr. Joyce of Ohio (for himself, Mrs. Miller-Meeks , Mr. Moolenaar , and Mr. Rutherford ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To eliminate the COVID–19 vaccine and mask requirement in Head Start Programs.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ending Mandates on Head Start Educators Act . 2. Eliminating the COVID–19 vaccine and mask requirement in Head Start Programs The Secretary of Health and Human Services may not implement, enforce, or otherwise give effect to the rule entitled Vaccine and Mask Requirements To Mitigate the Spread of COVID–19 in Head Start Programs published by the Department of Health and Human Services on November 30, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 68052), and may not promulgate any substantially similar rule.