[20220207]LSB10681_联邦2019冠状病毒疾病疫苗接种授权诉讼的现状.pdf

CRS Legal Sidebar Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress Legal SidebarLegal Sidebari i Status of Federal COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate Litigation Updated February 7, 2022 In 2021, various federal, state, and private entities instituted Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination requirements to address the pandemic, particularly as the Delta varianta highly contagious strain of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19)spread in the United States. The federal COVID-19 vaccination requirements issued to date by the President or executive agencies include those directed at (1) federal executive agency civilian employees (federal employee mandate); (2) federal contractors for executive departments, agencies, and offices (federal contractor mandate); (3) most Medicare- and Medicaid-certified providers and suppliers (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services CMSs Medicare/Medicaid provider mandate); (4) employers with 100 or more employees (Occupational Safety and Health Administrations OSHAs large employer vaccination and testing mandate); and (5) staff of the Head Start program, which provides comprehensive early childhood education and development services to low-income