,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #biii  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,october #ai1  
#bjba,mr4 ,scott of ,florida introduced 
the following bill2 which was read twice
 and referred to the ,committee on      
,finance  ,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit the   
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services1 any officer or employee of   
the ,department of ,health and ,human   
,services1 and ,states from requiring   
,,covid-#ai vaccination as a condition  
of eligibility for benefits or          
assistance under the ,medicare1         
,medicaid1 or ,,chip programs4  #a4     
,prohibition on requiring ,,covid-#ai   
vaccination as a condition of           
eligibility for benefits or assistance  
under the ,medicare1 ,medicaid1 or      
,,chip programs ,neither the ,secretary 
of ,health and ,human ,services nor any 
officer or employee of the ,department  
of ,health and ,human ,services 7or1 if 
applicable1 the chief executive officer 
of a ,state or any officer or employee  

of a ,state or a ,state ,medicaid or    
,,chip agency7 shall establish or       
enforce any requirement that an         
individual receive a ,,covid-#ai vaccine
 as a condition of the individual       
receiving benefits or assistance under  
any of the following programs3 7#a7 ,the
 ,medicare program under title ,,xviii  
of the ,social ,security ,act 7#db      
,u4,s4,c4 #acie et seq474  7#b7 ,the    
,medicaid program under title ,,xix of  
the ,social ,security ,act 7#db         
,u4,s4,c4 #acif et seq474  7#c7 ,the    
,children's ,health ,insurance ,program 
under title ,,xxi of the ,social        
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #acig;aa  
et seq474