3.0.0 2246 2022-11-01T13:50:25Z 2022-11-01T13:50:25Z Senate S 2019-07-24 116 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-07-24T15:43:18Z Removing Barriers to Allergy Diagnostic Testing Act of 2019 116 2009 HR 2019-04-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2019-07-24 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2019-07-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000934 Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] Jerry Moran R KS N M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. 2019-10-22 False C001113 Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] Catherine Cortez Masto D NV 2019-10-31 False C001047 Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] Shelley Capito R WV Moore 2019-11-13 False P000595 Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] Gary Peters D MI 2019-12-03 False B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2020-01-15 False S001184 Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC] Tim Scott R SC 2020-10-20 False Health Allergies Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Medicaid Medical tests and diagnostic methods Medicare Health 00 2019-07-24 Introduced in Senate 2020-06-02T18:47:23Z Allergy Testing Access Act of 2019

This bill requires equal coverage of two types of allergy tests under Medicaid and Medicare.

Specifically, in vitro specific IgE tests (blood tests) and percutaneous tests (skin tests) must be treated equally with respect to (1) medical necessity or other coverage requirements, (2) frequency limits, and (3) allergen unit limits.

]]> Allergy Testing Access Act of 2019 Display Title Allergy Testing Access Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced Allergy Testing Access Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to provide equal coverage of in vitro specific IgE tests and percutaneous tests for allergies under the Medicare and Medicaid programs, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s2246is/xml/BILLS-116s2246is.xml 2019-07-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.