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H.R. 6486 116th Congress House

Care for COVID-19 Act 2.0

Official title: To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a special enrollment period during t… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a special enrollment period during the COVID-19 emergency period, to require the Secretary to carry out outreach and educational activities for such special enrollment period, to require group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group or individual health insurance coverage to provide coverage without any cost sharing for certain items and services furnished during any portion of such emergency period, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 10, 2020 Introduced by: Raul Ruiz Democratic · California See on congress.gov
Health AppropriationsCardiovascular and respiratory healthCivil actions and liabilityEmergency medical services and trauma care
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Apr 14, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 10, 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.
Apr 10, 2020
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 14, 2020

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Care for COVID-19 Act 2.0

This bill establishes a special health plan enrollment period and requires health plans to cover certain services during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency. The special enrollment period applies to plans offered through health insurance exchanges and is available to eligible individuals for eight weeks beginning one week after this bill is enacted. The bill also funds outreach activities for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to notify individuals about the special enrollment period.

Additionally, the bill requires private health insurance plans to cover, without any cost-sharing requirement, medically necessary services for individuals who have been diagnosed with, or are presumed to have, COVID-19. HHS, the Department of Labor, and the Department of the Treasury must jointly issue guidance that specifies applicable medically necessary services not later than one week after this bill is enacted. Further, HHS must reimburse health plans for the amount of such cost-sharing requirements that are not imposed.

 Related & companion bills 5
  • HR 6379 Workforce Emergency Response Act of 2020
  • HR 6532 COVID Special Enrollment Act of 2020
  • HR 6568 Coverage for COVID–19 Treatment Act of 2020
  • HR 6800 The Heroes Act
  • HR 8200 EHDC Act of 2020
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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
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Underwood, Lauren
Illinois · Apr 10, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6486: Care for COVID-19 Act 2.0. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6486/
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"H.R. 6486: Care for COVID-19 Act 2.0." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6486/.
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H.R. 6486, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6486/.
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