3.0.0 3564 2022-02-09T00:11:02Z 2022-02-09T00:11:02Z Senate S 2020-03-22 116 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-03-22T22:26:12Z 2020-03-22 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2020-03-22 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 2020-03-22 True Health Cardiovascular and respiratory health Emergency medical services and trauma care Immunology and vaccination Infectious and parasitic diseases Intergovernmental relations Medicaid State and local finance Health 00 2020-03-22 Introduced in Senate 2020-04-29T18:29:02Z Ensuring Treatment for COVID Act

This bill requires state Medicaid programs to cover treatment for COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). State Medicaid programs must also cover COVID-19 testing and treatment for uninsured individuals. (Currently, state Medicaid programs are required to cover COVID-19 testing for enrollees and have the option to cover testing for uninsured individuals.) Coverage must be provided with no cost-sharing.

Additionally, state Medicaid programs may not impose cost-sharing for COVID-19 vaccines.

]]> Ensuring Treatment for COVID Act Display Title Ensuring Treatment for COVID Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Ensuring Treatment for COVID Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require States to provide medical assistance for COVID-19 treatment services for individuals who are diagnosed with COVID-19, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-03-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3564is/xml/BILLS-116s3564is.xml 2020-03-22 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.