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COVID–19 Vaccination Non-Discrimination Act

To prohibit Federal funds from being made available to entities that refuse to provide treatment based on COVID-19 vaccination status.

Introduced Feb 14, 2025

Latest action (Feb 14, 2025) Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Referred to
Ways and Means Committee Energy and Commerce Committee
Policy area
Health
Issues
Civil Rights
Legislative subjects (6)
Cardiovascular and respiratory healthDisability and health-based discriminationHealth information and medical recordsHealth programs administration and fundingImmunology and vaccinationInfectious and parasitic diseases

Summary

This bill prohibits health care facilities from refusing to provide treatment to individuals based on their COVID-19 vaccination status. Any facility that denies treatment based on COVID-19 vaccination status would be ineligible to receive federal funding, including Medicare, Medicaid, and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) funds, as well as other federally authorized or appropriated funds.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
3 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Erin Houchin’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • NULL $21,100
  • KIESLER POLICE SUPPLY, INC. $13,700
  • ELWOOD STAFFING $12,400
  • ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ $12,399
  • APOLLO $9,100

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Erin Houchin → · Outside spending →

Actions (2)
  1. Feb 14, 2025 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. · house
  2. Feb 14, 2025 Introduced in House

More bills on these subjects (8)

Other bills that carry the most legislative subjects in common with this one (topical discovery — distinct from the procedural related bills above).

  • HR 7148 — Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 6 subjects)
  • HR 1654 — CUTS Act (shares 6 subjects)
  • HR 191 — Inflation Reduction Act of 2025 (shares 6 subjects)
  • HR 5304 — Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 5 subjects)
  • HR 1968 — Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 (shares 5 subjects)
  • HR 3358 — Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018 (shares 5 subjects)
  • S 1071 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (shares 4 subjects)
  • HR 121 — No Vaccine Passports Act (shares 4 subjects)

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • HR 120 — No Mandates Act · Introduced Jan 3, 2025 · Cong. 119 83%
  • HR 119 — To prohibit any entity that receives Federal funds from the COVID relief packages from mandating employees receive a COVID-19 vaccine, and for other purposes. · Introduced Jan 3, 2025 · Cong. 119 81%
  • HR 1432 — LIABLE Act · Introduced Feb 18, 2025 · Cong. 119 74%
  • HR 5691 — To prohibit the provision of Federal funds to a local educational agency that imposes or enforces a COVID-19 vaccine mandate on students at the schools served by such agency. · Introduced Oct 3, 2025 · Cong. 119 72%
  • HR 3044 — No Vaccine Mandates in Higher Education Act · Introduced Apr 28, 2025 · Cong. 119 72%
  • HR 79 — Freedom from Mandates Act · Introduced Jan 3, 2025 · Cong. 119 72%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Feb 14, 2025

Only one text version is on file, so there’s no earlier version to compare against yet.

Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 14, 2025

Mrs. Houchin (for herself and Mr. Rulli) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

A BILL

To prohibit Federal funds from being made available to entities that refuse to provide treatment based on COVID-19 vaccination status.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “COVID-19 Vaccination Non- Discrimination Act”.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FEDERAL FUNDS FOR ENTITIES THAT REFUSE TO PROVIDE TREATMENT BASED ON COVID-19 VACCINATION STATUS.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds authorized or appropriated by Federal law, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are authorized or appropriated by Federal law, including funds provided under titles XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.; 1396 et seq.; and 1397aa et seq., respectively) shall be made available to a facility that refuses to provide treatment to an individual based on the COVID-19 vaccination status of such individual. <all>

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