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Ensuring Coverage in Public Health Emergencies Act of 2020

Introduced: March 19, 2020 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mar 19, 2020
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Ensuring Coverage in Public Health Emergencies Act of 2020

This bill requires private health insurance plans to provide a 30-day special enrollment period for eligible individuals after a public health emergency is declared. An employee who is eligible but not enrolled may enroll in an employer-provided group health plan during the special enrollment period.

The bill also requires such plans to cover services related to the disease or condition resulting in the public health emergency including, if applicable, vaccines, diagnostic testing, and treatment and care for the disease or condition. Such coverage does not require a positive diagnosis of the disease or condition and cost sharing must be comparable to similar services covered outside the circumstance of a public health emergency.

What's happening now March 19, 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 6317 Identical bill Ensuring Coverage in Public Health Emergencies Act of 2020
 Bill text 1 version

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 Cosponsors 2
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Booker, Cory A.
New Jersey · Mar 19, 2020
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Reed, Jack
Rhode Island · Mar 19, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3536: Ensuring Coverage in Public Health Emergencies Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3536/
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"S. 3536: Ensuring Coverage in Public Health Emergencies Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3536/.
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S. 3536, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3536/.
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