[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8623 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8623

  To amend the CARES Act to clarify the inclusion of certain COVID-19 
 vaccines covered under the Medicare program without any cost sharing.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 16, 2020

     Ms. Spanberger (for herself, Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, Mr. 
 Fitzpatrick, Ms. Houlahan, and Ms. Slotkin) introduced the following 
  bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in 
 addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the CARES Act to clarify the inclusion of certain COVID-19 
 vaccines covered under the Medicare program without any cost sharing.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Securing Affordable Vaccines Equally 
for Seniors Act'' or the ``SAVE for Seniors Act''.

SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE OF MEDICARE COVERAGE OF COVID-19 VACCINES 
              WITHOUT ANY COST SHARING.

    Effective as if included in the enactment of the CARES Act (Public 
Law 116-136; 42 U.S.C. 13951), section 3713(d) of such Act is amended 
by inserting before the period at the end the following: ``or 
authorized for emergency use under section 564 of the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 360bbb-3)''.
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