Care for COVID–19 Act of 2021
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Feb 5, 2021)
Care for COVID-19 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.
What just happenedFeb 8, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseFeb 5, 2021
- Feb 8, 2021Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Feb 5, 2021Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Feb 5, 2021IntroReferralH11100
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.
Education and the Workforce Committee - Feb 5, 2021IntroReferralH11100
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.
Ways and Means Committee - Feb 5, 2021IntroReferralH11100
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.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Feb 5, 2021IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Feb 5, 2021IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House