{"format":1,"id":"117-sjres-32","congress":117,"number":"S.J.Res. 32","kind":"joint_resolution","group":"bills","title":"A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services relating to \"Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination\".","title_source":"Display Title","official_title":"A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services relating to \"Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination\".","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services relating to \"Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination\"."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services relating to \"Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination\"."}],"outcome":"passed_senate","law_number":null,"introduced":"2021-12-09","chambers":{"house":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null},"senate":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2022-03-02","vote":{"id":"117-2022-s67","question":"On the Joint Resolution","title":"S.J. Res. 32","result":"Joint Resolution Passed","yea":49,"nay":44,"present":0,"not_voting":7,"source":"https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1172/vote_117_2_00067.xml"}}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Passed Senate without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 49 - 44. Record Vote Number: 67. (text: CR S936)","date":"2022-03-02"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2022-03-02","stage":"Passed Senate","blocks":[{"k":"p","t":"This joint resolution nullifies the rule titled Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination, which was issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on November 5, 2021. The rule requires health care providers, as a condition of Medicare and Medicaid participation, to ensure that staff are fully vaccinated against COVID-19."}],"words":55},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Disapproves, under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services rule titled \"Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination,\" and provides that the rule has no force or effect.","cites":[{"label":"Text","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/32/text/es"}]},"core_areas":["Congressional disapproval of a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services rule on COVID-19 vaccination of health care staff"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"States that Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services titled \"Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination.\"","cite":{"label":"Text","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/32/text/es"}},{"text":"Identifies the rule by its Federal Register citation, 86 Fed. Reg. 61555, dated November 5, 2021.","cite":{"label":"Text","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/32/text/es"}},{"text":"Provides that the disapproved rule shall have no force or effect.","cite":{"label":"Text","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/32/text/es"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in Senate","date":"2022-03-02","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/32/text/es"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/32","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/32/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-sjres-32.png","v":"8cdadcfda7ca","alt":"Votes on Record. S.J.Res. 32, 117th Congress: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services relating to \"Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination\". Senate: 49 Yea, 44 Nay. Outcome: Agreed to in Senate, 2 Mar 2022."}}