[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3498 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3498

  To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to reimburse 
   States for the cost of operating drive-through sites for COVID-19 
                                testing.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 12, 2020

  Mr. Scott of Florida introduced the following bill; which was read 
 twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
                                Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to reimburse 
   States for the cost of operating drive-through sites for COVID-19 
                                testing.

    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 ``Coronavirus Mobile Collection Site 
Act''.

SEC. 2. MOBILE TESTING SITES.

    The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall reimburse any 
State that operates a drive-through site at which individuals can 
receive testing for COVID-19 infection during the public health 
emergency declared by such Secretary on January 31, 2020, under section 
319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d), provided that 
such State (or political subdivision of the State) does not charge 
individuals for such testing. Such reimbursement shall be in an amount 
equal to the cost to the State of operating the site during such 
period.
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