3.0.0 4198 2023-01-11T13:45:40Z 2023-01-11T13:45:40Z Senate S 2020-07-02 116 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-07-02T20:44:49Z 2020-07-02 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2020-07-02 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001217 Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] Rick Scott R FL N M001197 Sen. McSally, Martha [R-AZ] Martha McSally R AZ 2020-07-02 True E000295 Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] Joni Ernst R IA 2020-07-29 False Health Advisory bodies Blood and blood diseases Cardiovascular and respiratory health Child health Congressional oversight Emergency medical services and trauma care Employee benefits and pensions Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Health information and medical records Health programs administration and funding Immunology and vaccination Infectious and parasitic diseases Medicaid Medical tests and diagnostic methods Medicare Military medicine Public contracts and procurement Veterans' medical care Health 00 2020-07-02 Introduced in Senate 2020-08-13T17:03:37Z Affordable Coronavirus Testing Act

This bill requires health insurance plans to cover through 2021 without cost sharing COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) serology testing, which looks for the presence of antibodies made in response to an infection. This coverage requirement also applies to federal health care programs including Medicare, Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program, veterans and military personnel health benefits, and federal employee health benefits.

Additionally, the bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to reimburse, through the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund, health care providers for the cost of providing diagnosis and treatment for COVID-19 to individuals without health insurance.

]]> Affordable Coronavirus Testing Act Display Title Affordable Coronavirus Testing Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Affordable Coronavirus Testing Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to require health plans to provide coverage for COVID-19 serology testing. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4198is/xml/BILLS-116s4198is.xml 2020-07-02 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.