Equal Access to Therapeutics Act
Latest action · Feb 8, 2022 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 7, 2022
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Equal Access to Therapeutics Act
This bill prohibits using race or ethnicity as a factor in decisions about an individual's access to COVID-19 treatments (e.g., monoclonal antibody therapies).
Specifically, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) may not adopt any policy or guidance that allows race or ethnicity to be factored into such decisions. Furthermore, the Secretary of HHS shall be personally liable for the death of any individual who is denied access to COVID-19 treatments pursuant to a prohibited policy or guidance.
The bill also prohibits hospitals or other health care providers that have policies restricting access to COVID-19 treatments based on race or ethnicity from receiving federal funds.
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 7, 2022 to Mar 17, 2022, with 9 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NY | Andrew R. Garbarino | Original | Feb 7, 2022 |
| R-TX | Beth Van Duyne | Original | Feb 7, 2022 |
| R-NY | Claudia Tenney | Original | Feb 7, 2022 |
| R-CO | Doug Lamborn | Original | Feb 7, 2022 |
| R-FL | Kat Cammack | Original | Feb 7, 2022 |
| R-IL | Mike Bost | Original | Feb 7, 2022 |
| R-NY | Nicole Malliotakis | Original | Feb 7, 2022 |
| R-IA | Randy Feenstra | Original | Feb 7, 2022 |
| R-MO | Sam Graves | Original | Feb 7, 2022 |
| R-OH | Bob Gibbs | Feb 8, 2022 | |
| R-WV | David B. McKinley | Feb 8, 2022 | |
| R-NE | Jeff Fortenberry | Feb 8, 2022 | |
| R-NJ | Jefferson Van Drew | Feb 8, 2022 | |
| R-NY | Chris Jacobs | Feb 9, 2022 | |
| R-WI | Glenn Grothman | Feb 9, 2022 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 8, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Feb 7, 2022Introduced in House
- Feb 7, 2022Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Civil actions and liability
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Drug therapy
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Federal officials
- Government liability
- Health
- Health care coverage and access
- Health facilities and institutions
- Health programs administration and funding
- Immunology and vaccination
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Minority health
- Racial and ethnic relations
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 7, 2022Introduced in House
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