[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4825 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4825

To provide clarification with respect to the effective date of Medicare 
        coverage of COVID-19 vaccines without any cost-sharing.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             October 21 (legislative day, October 19), 2020

 Mr. Reed (for himself and Mrs. Capito) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide clarification with respect to the effective date of Medicare 
        coverage of COVID-19 vaccines 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 ``Ensuring Access to COVID-19 Vaccines 
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 note), 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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