Legis Daily

Ending Discrimination in COVID–19 Treatments Act

USA117th CongressS-3974| Senate 
| Updated: 3/31/2022
Ted Cruz

Ted Cruz

Republican Senator

Texas

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Ending Discrimination in COVID-19 Treatments Act This bill prohibits consideration of certain factors, including vaccination status, in decisions about an individual's access to federally provided monoclonal antibody therapies to treat COVID-19. As a condition of receiving the therapies from the federal government, states must ensure that providers do not consider specified demographic characteristics, veteran status, or political ideology or speech when determining a patient's eligibility for such therapies.
View Full Text

Suggested Questions

Get AI-generated questions to help you understand this bill better

Timeline
Mar 31, 2022
Introduced in Senate
Mar 31, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  • March 31, 2022
    Introduced in Senate


  • March 31, 2022
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Health

Disability and health-based discriminationDrug therapyImmunology and vaccinationInfectious and parasitic diseasesState and local government operations

Ending Discrimination in COVID–19 Treatments Act

USA117th CongressS-3974| Senate 
| Updated: 3/31/2022
Ending Discrimination in COVID-19 Treatments Act This bill prohibits consideration of certain factors, including vaccination status, in decisions about an individual's access to federally provided monoclonal antibody therapies to treat COVID-19. As a condition of receiving the therapies from the federal government, states must ensure that providers do not consider specified demographic characteristics, veteran status, or political ideology or speech when determining a patient's eligibility for such therapies.
View Full Text

Suggested Questions

Get AI-generated questions to help you understand this bill better

Timeline
Mar 31, 2022
Introduced in Senate
Mar 31, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  • March 31, 2022
    Introduced in Senate


  • March 31, 2022
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Ted Cruz

Ted Cruz

Republican Senator

Texas

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

Health

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Disability and health-based discriminationDrug therapyImmunology and vaccinationInfectious and parasitic diseasesState and local government operations