3.0.0 3536 2022-02-09T00:41:21Z 2022-02-09T00:41:21Z Senate S 2020-03-19 116 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-03-19T18:26:32Z Ensuring Coverage in Public Health Emergencies Act of 2020 116 6317 HR 2020-03-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2020-03-19 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2020-03-19 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA N B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2020-03-19 True R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2020-03-19 True Health Drug therapy Emergency medical services and trauma care Employee benefits and pensions Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Health promotion and preventive care Immunology and vaccination Medical tests and diagnostic methods Prescription drugs Health 00 2020-03-19 Introduced in Senate 2020-04-29T14:30:14Z Ensuring Coverage in Public Health Emergencies Act of 2020

This bill requires private health insurance plans to provide a 30-day special enrollment period for eligible individuals after a public health emergency is declared. An employee who is eligible but not enrolled may enroll in an employer-provided group health plan during the special enrollment period.

The bill also requires such plans to cover services related to the disease or condition resulting in the public health emergency including, if applicable, vaccines, diagnostic testing, and treatment and care for the disease or condition. Such coverage does not require a positive diagnosis of the disease or condition and cost sharing must be comparable to similar services covered outside the circumstance of a public health emergency.

]]> Ensuring Coverage in Public Health Emergencies Act of 2020 Display Title Ensuring Coverage in Public Health Emergencies Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced Ensuring Coverage in Public Health Emergencies Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for special enrollment periods during public health emergencies, coverage of services related to public health emergencies, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3536is/xml/BILLS-116s3536is.xml 2020-03-19 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.