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Protecting Patient Access to Lifesaving COVID–19 Drugs Act of 2021

Introduced: January 25, 2021 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Became law
Feb 2, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 25, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 25, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jan 25, 2021
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Protecting Patient Access to Lifesaving COVID-19 Drugs Act of 2021

This bill requires health insurance plans to cover COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) antibody treatment at no cost for individuals who have tested positive for the virus.

What's happening now February 2, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 3
D
Gottheimer, Josh
New Jersey · Aug 17, 2021
 D
Neguse, Joe
Colorado · Jun 14, 2021
 D
Ross, Deborah K.
North Carolina · Apr 30, 2021
RYAN, TIM
· Mar 23, 2021
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 467: Protecting Patient Access to Lifesaving COVID–19 Drugs Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-467/
MLA
"H.R. 467: Protecting Patient Access to Lifesaving COVID–19 Drugs Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-467/.
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H.R. 467, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-467/.
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