,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #aga  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,january #ca1       
#bjbc,mr4 ,cruz introduced the following
 bill2 which was read twice and referred
 to the ,committee on ,health1          
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a   
,,bill  ,to prohibit the consideration  
of patients' race1 color1 religion1 sex1
 national origin1 age1 disability1      
vaccination status1 veteran status1 or  
political ideology or speech in         
determining eligibility for ,,covid-#ai 
treatments and vaccines distributed by  
the ,federal ,government4  #a4 ,short   
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,ending ,discrimination in ,,covid-#ai  
,treatments ,act4  #b4 ,eligibility to  
receive ,,covid-#ai treatments and      
vaccines ,the ,secretary of ,health and 
,human ,services shall require ,states1 
local governmental entities1 and private
 entities1 as a condition for receipt   
from the ,federal ,government of any    
,,covid-#ai treatment or vaccine1 or any

 funding or other items related to any  
such treatment or vaccine1 to ensure    
that determinations of patient          
eligibility for such treatment or       
vaccine do not take into consideration  
the race1 color1 religion1 sex1 national
 origin1 age1 disability1 vaccination   
status1 veteran status1 or political    
ideology or speech of a patient4