Overview
- The National Assembly passed the measure 120–54, reinstating the requirement for EHPAD residents and extending it to specified liberal practitioners.
- Only Rassemblement National opposed the article while La France insoumise shifted to abstention after opposing it in first reading.
- The obligation would apply during the epidemic period and depends on a Haute Autorité de santé opinion before a Conseil d'État decree sets the professions and criteria.
- Debate highlighted unanswered issues on resident consent and necessity, with opponents citing roughly 83% vaccination coverage in care homes.
- Deputies also approved a new financial contribution for stable, regular residents to access health coverage, a step presented as targeting some foreign retirees, while Health Minister Stéphanie Rist said the ministry is estimating how many people the vaccine rule would affect.