Freedom for Health Care Workers Act
Sponsored by Jeff Duncan
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Dec 17, 2024
This bill nullifies the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services rule issued on November 5, 2021, that required health care providers to ensure their staff were fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of Medicare and Medicaid program participation. The bill also prohibits the issuance of any substantially similar rule in the future.
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Freedom for Health Care Workers Act This bill nullifies the rule titled Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination , which was issued by the Centers for Medicare & 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.