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The bill offers no exceptions for doctors’ offices, clinics or other health facilities, but allows them to require unvaccinated workers to wear protective gear.on COVID-19 vaccine mandates for employees of private Texas businesses passed the Texas Senate early Friday, although medical facilities would be allowed to enact other policies to help lower the risks to vulnerable patients.
The vote comes after years of Republican attempts to reign in COVID-related restrictions like mask mandates and vaccine requirements. Supporters said the bill is critical to support individual rights to make their own health care decisions without negative consequences to their livelihoods. Including health care facilities and doctors’ offices in the ban triggered objections by two members of the Senate Health and Human Services committee who have had kidney transplants — Sen., R-Brenham, who on Thursday supported allowing health care facilities to enact other policies for employees who choose not to be vaccinated.
Bill purists fought against allowing health care providers to circumvent, even slightly, the ban proposed by Middleton’s legislation and wanted to see it passed as originally written., R-Edgewood, have openly said they don’t trust the vaccine’s safety and efficacy.
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