Parental Rights Protection Act

Bill: 118-s-169
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2023-01-31
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health

Child health

Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation

Education programs funding

Elementary and secondary education

Emergency medical services and trauma care

Family relationships

Health programs administration and funding

Immunology and vaccination

Infectious and parasitic diseases
Latest action: action_date: 2023-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-01-31
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Parental Rights Protection Act</strong></p> <p>This bill restricts government entities from requiring that individuals age 18 or younger receive certain COVID-19 vaccines that were authorized through emergency use and related procedures.</p> <p>Specifically, a federal, state, tribal, territorial, or local government entity (including a local educational agency) that receives funding from either the Department of Education or the Department of Health and Human Services may not require such COVID-19 vaccinations for individuals age 18 or younger. In particular, a local educational agency that mandates COVID-19 vaccinations for students loses its eligibility for federal education funding.</p> <p>The bill also requires the prior, informed, written consent of a parent or guardian before administration of such COVID-19 vaccines to an individual age 18 or younger.</p>

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 169 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 31, 2023 Mr. Cruz introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To prohibit certain COVID–19 vaccination mandates for minors, and to require parental consent for COVID–19 vaccination of minors.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Parental Rights Protection Act . 2. Prohibitions against COVID–19 vaccination mandates for minors (a) Prohibition against mandates Neither the Federal Government, nor any agency, grantee, payee, or recipient, including any State, local, Tribal, or territorial governmental entity (including any local educational agency, as defined in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 7801 )), that receives any Federal funds from the Department of Education or the Department of Health and Human Services may require or otherwise mandate that any individual age 18 or younger receive a COVID–19 vaccine. (b) Prohibition against school mandates (1) In General A local educational agency (as defined in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 7801 )) that imposes a mandate requiring any students age 18 or younger to receive a COVID–19 vaccine shall be subject to the penalty described in paragraph (2). (2) Penalty A local educational agency that imposes a mandate described in paragraph (1) shall not be eligible to receive funding under part A of title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 7101 et seq. ) or under part A of title II of such Act ( 20 U.S.C. 6611 et seq. ) beginning on the later of— (A) the date of enactment of this Act; or (B) the date on which such mandate becomes effective. (3) Resumed eligibility If a local educational agency ends the mandate described in paragraph (1) that local educational agency shall become eligible to receive the funding described in paragraph (2) as of the date on which that mandate is no longer effective. 3. Parental consent for vaccination of minors No COVID–19 vaccine may be administered to any individual age 18 or younger unless a parent, guardian, conservator, or attorney-in-fact of the minor provides prior, written, informed consent for the minor to receive such vaccine. 4. Applicable vaccines For purposes of sections 2 and 3, the term COVID–19 vaccine means any vaccine against COVID–19 that only received authorization by the Food and Drug Administration through an emergency use authorization pursuant to section 564 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 360bbb–3 ), or that has received such authorization prior to receiving full approval or licensure under section 505 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 355 ) or section 351 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 262 ).