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Rapid Coverage for Coronavirus Vaccines Act

Introduced: March 17, 2020 See on congress.gov
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Mar 17, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Mar 17, 2020
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Rapid Coverage for Coronavirus Vaccines Act

This bill shortens the time frame under which private health insurance plans must cover certain new preventative services related to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Under current law, health plans have one year to cover services recommended by the United States Preventive Services Task Force or the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. Under this bill, health plans must cover such services to prevent or diagnose COVID-19 within 15 days.

What's happening now March 17, 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Related & companion bills 4
  • HR 748 Related bill CARES Act
  • HR 6299 Related bill Rapid Coverage of COVID-19 Vaccine Act of 2020
  • HR 6379 Related bill Workforce Emergency Response Act of 2020
  • S 3548 Related bill CARES Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1 Republican 2
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Cassidy, Bill
Louisiana · Mar 17, 2020
 R
Daines, Steve
Montana · Mar 17, 2020
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Smith, Tina
Minnesota · Mar 17, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3505: Rapid Coverage for Coronavirus Vaccines Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3505/
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"S. 3505: Rapid Coverage for Coronavirus Vaccines Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3505/.
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S. 3505, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3505/.
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