# 117-hr-6625: Equal Access to Therapeutics Act

117-hr-6625, Equal Access to Therapeutics Act, is a 117th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13] (R-IL); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 117-hr-6625
- Congress: 117
- Title: Equal Access to Therapeutics Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Introduced: 2022-02-07
- Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13] (R-IL)
- Cosponsors: 16
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Equal Access to Therapeutics Act This bill prohibits using race or ethnicity as a factor in decisions about an individual's access to COVID-19 treatments (e.g., monoclonal antibody therapies). Specifically, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) may not adopt any policy or guidance that allows race or ethnicity to be factored into such decisions. Furthermore, the Secretary of HHS shall be personally liable for the death of any individual who is denied access to COVID-19 treatments pursuant to a prohibited policy or guidance. The bill also prohibits hospitals or other health care providers that have policies restricting access to COVID-19 treatments based on race or ethnicity from receiving federal funds.

## Cosponsors (16)

- Rep. Malliotakis, Nicole [R-NY-11] (R-NY), 2022-02-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Garbarino, Andrew R. [R-NY-2] (R-NY), 2022-02-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6] (R-MO), 2022-02-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Van Duyne, Beth [R-TX-24] (R-TX), 2022-02-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Feenstra, Randy [R-IA-4] (R-IA), 2022-02-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lamborn, Doug [R-CO-5] (R-CO), 2022-02-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cammack, Kat [R-FL-3] (R-FL), 2022-02-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bost, Mike [R-IL-12] (R-IL), 2022-02-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24] (R-NY), 2022-02-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gibbs, Bob [R-OH-7] (R-OH), 2022-02-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fortenberry, Jeff [R-NE-1] (R-NE), 2022-02-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1] (R-WV), 2022-02-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [R-NJ-2] (R-NJ), 2022-02-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6] (R-WI), 2022-02-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jacobs, Chris [R-NY-27] (R-NY), 2022-02-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Smith, Jason [R-MO-8] (R-MO), 2022-03-17T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [117-hr-6625 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6625)

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