S 3498
116th Congress
Senate
Health
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care costs and insurance
Health programs administration and funding
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Coronavirus Mobile Collection Site Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 12, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Mar 12, 2020
Introduced in Senate
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Plain-English summary
Coronavirus Mobile Collection Site Act
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to reimburse states for the full cost of operating drive-through testing sites for COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) during the public health emergency declared on January 31, 2020. To be eligible for such reimbursement, states may not charge individuals for the testing.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Bill text
1 version
- Introduced in Senate Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
Committees of jurisdiction
1
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3498: Coronavirus Mobile Collection Site Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3498/
"S. 3498: Coronavirus Mobile Collection Site Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3498/.
S. 3498, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3498/.
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