HR 6213
116th Congress
House
Health
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
No Cost for COVID–19 Testing Act
Introduced: March 11, 2020
Introduced by:
Wilson, Frederica S.
Democratic
· Florida
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 11, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 11, 2020
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 11, 2020
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
No Cost for COVID–19 Testing Act
This bill requires private health insurance plans to cover testing for COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) without imposing cost sharing for the duration of the public health emergency declared on January 31, 2020. This includes the cost of administering such approved tests and visits to health care providers for testing.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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