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HR 796 117th Congress House

Coverage for COVID–19 Treatment Act of 2021

Official title: To require group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group or individual health insurance coverage to provide coverage without imposing any cost… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To require group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group or individual health insurance coverage to provide coverage without imposing any cost sharing requirements for certain items and services furnished during any portion of the COVID-19 emergency period, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 4, 2021 Introduced by: Blunt Rochester, Lisa Democratic · Delaware See on congress.gov
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This bill died when the 117th Congress ended
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Feb 5, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 4, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 4, 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.
Feb 4, 2021
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 5, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Coverage for COVID-19 Treatment Act of 2021

This bill requires private health insurance plans to cover, without any cost-sharing requirement, medically necessary services for individuals who have been diagnosed with, or are presumed to have, COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Department of Labor, and the Department of the Treasury must, not later than one week after this bill is enacted, jointly issue guidance specifying the applicable services. Further, HHS must reimburse insurance plans for the cost-sharing amount for such services that would otherwise have been required. The bill provides funding for this reimbursement.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 898 Related bill Care for COVID–19 Act of 2021
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1
Delgado, Antonio
· Jun 8, 2021
Pascrell, Bill
· Feb 4, 2021
 D
Trahan, Lori
Massachusetts · Feb 4, 2021
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 796: Coverage for COVID–19 Treatment Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-796/
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"H.R. 796: Coverage for COVID–19 Treatment Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-796/.
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H.R. 796, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-796/.
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