3.0.0 1926 2022-11-01T13:50:59Z 2022-11-01T13:50:59Z Senate S 2019-06-20 116 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-06-20T18:31:36Z PrEP Assistance Program Act 116 1643 HR 2019-03-11 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS PrEP Access and Coverage Act 116 3815 HR 2019-08-14 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2019-06-20 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2019-06-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. N Health Child health Civil actions and liability Congressional oversight Disability and health-based discrimination Family planning and birth control Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government information and archives HIV/AIDS Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Health facilities and institutions Health programs administration and funding Health promotion and preventive care Indian social and development programs Insurance industry and regulation Life, casualty, property insurance Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Medicaid Medical tests and diagnostic methods Medicare Minority health Prescription drugs Rural conditions and development Veterans' medical care Women's health Health 00 2019-06-20 Introduced in Senate 2020-08-14T22:26:37Z PrEP Access and Coverage Act

This bill requires private health insurance plans to cover prescription drugs that prevent the acquisition of HIV, and any related screenings, diagnostic procedures, or clinical follow-ups, without any cost-sharing obligation for the plan holder. Further, insurance plans must not impose any preauthorization requirement for this coverage. These coverage requirements also apply to public health insurance programs, including, among others, Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children's Health Insurance Program.

Additionally, the bill prohibits denying, limiting, or qualifying coverage or increasing premiums for disability insurance, long-term care insurance, or life insurance policies based on a person taking medication for HIV prevention.

The bill further requires the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to states, or directly to eligible local organizations, to provide uninsured individuals access to prescription drugs and related services that prevent HIV. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also must develop a public awareness campaign that focuses efforts in communities with a high need for HIV prevention treatment.

]]> PrEP Access and Coverage Act Display Title PrEP Access and Coverage Act Short Title(s) as Introduced PrEP Access and Coverage Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to increase access to pre-exposure prophylaxis to reduce the transmission of HIV. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s1926is/xml/BILLS-116s1926is.xml 2019-06-20 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.