S.Amdt. 3846

SA 3846. Ms. CANTWELL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 3748 proposed by Mr. Wicker (for himself and Mr. Reed)
to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2026
for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle F of title X, insert the following:

SEC. 1067. ACCESS TO COVID-19 VACCINES.

Notwithstanding any rules, recommendations, or other
statements issued by the Department of Health and Human
Services or any other provision of law, no individual who
requests a COVID-19 vaccine shall be denied such vaccine by a
health care provider who is certified to administer vaccines
pursuant to Federal and State licensure laws and who provides
services in a health care setting that offers such vaccine,
nor shall any such individual be required to meet any
criteria to receive such vaccine, except that a health care
provider may deny an individual such a vaccine if the
provider determines it not to be medically advisable for the
individual to receive the vaccine. No Federal department,
agency, or office, State, or health insurance issuer may deny
full coverage for the COVID-19 vaccine with respect to an
individual enrolled in a Federal health care program (as
defined in section 1128B(f) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1320a-7b(f))), a State health care program (as defined
in section 1128(h) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a-7(h))), the
health insurance program under chapter 89 of title 5, United
States Code, or a group health plan or group or individual
health insurance coverage (as such terms are defined in
section 2791 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
300gg-91)).

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