3.0.0 4899 2023-11-09T20:44:25Z 2023-11-09T20:44:25Z Senate S 2022-09-20 117 2022-09-21 12:08:29 Held at the desk. Floor H15000 2 House floor actions 2022-09-21 12:03:52 Received in the House. Floor H14000 2 House floor actions 2022-09-21 Senate Message on Senate action sent to the House. Floor 2022-09-20 Senate Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S4871-4872; text: CR S4871-4872) Floor 2022-09-20 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Voice Vote. Floor 17000 9 Library of Congress 2022-09-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress P000449 Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] Rob Portman R OH N B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2022-09-20 True Health Cardiovascular and respiratory health Health care coverage and access Immunology and vaccination Infectious and parasitic diseases Medicare Religion Health 00 2022-09-20 Introduced in Senate 2022-10-21T20:46:05Z Improving Medicare Patients with RNHCI Options to Vaccinate Easily Act or the IMPROVE Act

This bill specifies that individuals who elect to receive services in religious nonmedical health care institutions (RNHCIs) may receive COVID-19 vaccines under Medicare.

Specifically, an individual's receipt of a COVID-19 vaccine does not revoke the individual's election to receive services in RNHCIs under Medicare; an individual who's election was revoked due to the receipt of a COVID-19 vaccine prior to the bill's date of enactment may immediately reelect to receive services in RNHCIs under Medicare.

]]> 55 2022-09-20 Passed Senate 2022-11-21T16:21:47Z Improving Medicare Patients with RNHCI Options to Vaccinate Easily Act or the IMPROVE Act

This bill specifies that individuals who elect to receive services in religious nonmedical health care institutions (RNHCIs) may receive COVID-19 vaccines under Medicare.

Specifically, an individual's receipt of a COVID-19 vaccine does not revoke the individual's election to receive services in RNHCIs under Medicare; an individual who's election was revoked due to the receipt of a COVID-19 vaccine prior to the bill's date of enactment may immediately reelect to receive services in RNHCIs under Medicare.

]]> IMPROVE Act Display Title IMPROVE Act Short Title(s) as Introduced IMPROVE Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Improving Medicare Patients with RNHCI Options to Vaccinate Easily Act Short Title(s) as Passed Senate Improving Medicare Patients with RNHCI Options to Vaccinate Easily Act S Senate Engrossed in Senate ES Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to Remedy election revocations relating to administration of COVID-19 vaccines. Engrossed in Senate 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s4899es/xml/BILLS-117s4899es.xml Considered and Passed Senate 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s4899cps/xml/BILLS-117s4899cps.xml 2022-09-21 Held at the desk. 12:08:29 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.