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S. 4825 116th Congress Senate

Ensuring Access to COVID–19 Vaccines for Seniors Act

Official title: A bill to provide clarification with respect to the effective date of Medicare coverage of COVID-19 vaccines without any cost-sharing.

Introduced: October 21, 2020 Introduced by: Jack Reed Democratic · Rhode Island See on congress.gov
Health Cardiovascular and respiratory healthEmergency medical services and trauma careHealth care coverage and accessImmunology and vaccination
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This bill died when the 116th Congress ended
It never became law before the 116th Congress (2019–2020) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Oct 21, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6378-6379)
Oct 21, 2020
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action October 21, 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6378-6379)

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Ensuring Access to COVID-19 Vaccines for Seniors Act

This bill specifies that vaccines for COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) that are authorized for emergency use must be covered under Medicare without cost-sharing.

The bill applies retroactively.

 Related & companion bills 4
  • HR 925 The Heroes Act
  • HR 8406 Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, and for other purposes.
  • HR 8623 SAVE for Seniors Act
  • S 4800 The Heroes Act
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Oct 21, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4825: Ensuring Access to COVID–19 Vaccines for Seniors Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4825/
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"S. 4825: Ensuring Access to COVID–19 Vaccines for Seniors Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4825/.
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S. 4825, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4825/.
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