,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cbbe  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november #ag1 
#bjba,mr4 ,lee introduced the following 
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,finance  ,a ,,bill
  ,to prohibit any ,federal agency from 
requiring that staff in health care     
facilities be vaccinated against        
,,covid-#ai as a condition of the       
facility participating in the ,medicare1
 ,medicaid1 or ,,chip programs4  #a4    
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,respecting ,our ,frontline ,workers
 ,act4  #b4 ,prohibition on requiring   
,,covid-#ai vaccination for staff of    
health care facilities as a condition of
 participation in the ,medicare1        
,medicaid1 or ,,chip programs ,neither  
the head of any ,federal agency nor any 
officer or employee of such an agency   
shall establish or enforce any          
requirement that the staff of any health
 care facility or other health care     
setting receive a ,,covid-#ai vaccine as

 a condition of participation in 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