118th Congress · SENATE BILLBILL

S. 171 — Ending Discrimination in COVID–19 Treatments Act

“A bill to prohibit the consideration of patients' race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, vaccination status, veteran status, or political ideology or speech in determining eligibility for COVID-19 treatments and vaccines distributed by the Federal Government.”

Health

Introduced Jan 31, 2023

Last action Jan 31, 2023

Pipeline · Bill → Law

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Introduced

Jan 31, 2023

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Referred

Jan 31, 2023

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Senate

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Resolve Changes

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SummaryCRS Summary

This bill prohibits consideration of certain factors in decisions about access to federally provided treatments or vaccines for COVID-19. As a condition of receiving the treatments or vaccines from the federal government, states, localities, and private entities must ensure that specified demographic characteristics (e.g., race, sex, and age) or other characteristics (e.g., vaccination status, veteran status, and political ideology or speech) are not taken into account when determining a patient's eligibility for treatments or vaccines.

Provisions · 2 sectionsIntroduced in Senate

Timeline · 2 actions

Jan 31, 2023

Introduced in Senate

Jan 31, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.