3.0.0 274 2023-01-11T13:46:38Z 2023-01-11T13:46:38Z Senate S 2021-02-08 117 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-02-08T22:24:02Z Stronger Medicaid Response to the COVID–19 Pandemic Act 117 918 HR 2021-02-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2021-02-08 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2021-02-08 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO N H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2021-02-08 True S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2021-02-08 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2021-02-08 True S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2021-02-08 True Health Border security and unlawful immigration Cardiovascular and respiratory health Drug therapy Emergency medical services and trauma care Health promotion and preventive care Immigrant health and welfare Immunology and vaccination Infectious and parasitic diseases Medicaid Medical tests and diagnostic methods Health 00 2021-02-08 Introduced in Senate 2021-03-19T13:22:32Z Stronger Medicaid Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic Act

This bill allows COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) vaccines, prevention, and treatment, as well as prevention and treatment for conditions that may complicate COVID-19 treatment, for uninsured individuals to be covered under Medicaid during the public health emergency. (Currently, state Medicaid programs have the option to cover COVID-19 testing for uninsured individuals.)

The bill also (1) specifically allows COVID-19 testing, vaccines, prevention, and treatment, as well as prevention and treatment for complicating conditions, for certain unlawful aliens to be covered under Medicaid during the public health emergency; and (2) specifies how the value and provision of COVID-19 assistance should be considered with respect to certain governmental programs and requirements.

]]> Stronger Medicaid Response to the COVID–19 Pandemic Act Display Title Stronger Medicaid Response to the COVID–19 Pandemic Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to allow States to provide coverage under the Medicaid program for vaccines and treatment for COVID-19 for uninsured individuals without the imposition of cost sharing requirements, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Stronger Medicaid Response to the COVID–19 Pandemic Act Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s274is/xml/BILLS-117s274is.xml 2021-02-08 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.