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116th Congress
Senate
Health
American Samoa
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Caribbean area
Child health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Foreign aid and international relief
Guam
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Immunology and vaccination
Income tax credits
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Marshall Islands
Medicaid
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Medicare
Micronesia
Northern Mariana Islands
VACC Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 6, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Aug 6, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Vaccine And Coverage Certainty Act or the VACC Act
This bill modifies provisions under Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) relating to the cost and coverage of vaccines for COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), as well as provisions relating to Medicaid coverage of certain citizens of the Freely Associated States, the applicable Federal Medical Assistance Percentage for the Medicaid expansion population, and the health insurance premium tax credit.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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