MEDS Act
Summary
Medical Equality and Discrimination Stoppage Act or the MEDS Act This bill prohibits the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from discriminating against or providing preferential treatment to any person or group on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, or national origin. The prohibitions also apply to the administration of HHS programs, including HHS-funded programs administered by states, territories, and private entities. An individual aggrieved by conduct prohibited under the bill may commence a civil action in the appropriate U.S. district court to obtain relief.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Jan 20, 2022
Last action Jan 25, 2022
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
5
Key actions
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Committee
4
Jan 25, 2022
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
lower
Jan 21, 2022
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
lower
Jan 20, 2022
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
lower
Jan 20, 2022
Committee
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
lower
Jan 20, 2022
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 6 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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