COVID–19 Access to Testing and Support for Immune Response Research Act of 2021 2021-10-27 Introduced in House COVID-19 Access to Testing and Support for Immune Response Research Act of 2021

This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to provide for coverage during the COVID-19 public health emergency of T-cell diagnostic laboratory tests for individuals with a current or prior COVID-19 infection. In addition, the Department of Health and Human Services must develop a national strategy to research the immune response to COVID-19 and may award research grants.

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