Texas Moves To Ban Vax Mandates At Health Facilities

The Texas Tribune reports:

A sweeping ban 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.

Senate Bill 7, by Galveston Republican Sen. Mayes Middleton, would subject private employers to state fines and other actions if they fire or punish employees or contractors who refuse the shot.

The bill offers no exceptions for doctors’ offices, clinics or other health facilities, but senators did agree to allow those entities to require unvaccinated employees to wear personal protective gear such as face masks or take other “reasonable” measures to manage the spread.

Read the full article. Middleton last appeared here for his bill to mandate the posting of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms. We first heard from him last year for his bill to prosecute and disbar members of a law firm for “reimbursing travel costs of employees who leave Texas to murder their unborn children.” In June, he appeared here for his successful bill doing away with annual car safety inspections.

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