[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6173 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6173

To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to require group 
health plans and health insurance issuers offering group or individual 
   health insurance coverage to cover COVID-19 testing without cost 
                                sharing.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 10, 2020

  Ms. DeGette (for herself and Ms. Shalala) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to require group 
health plans and health insurance issuers offering group or individual 
   health insurance coverage to cover COVID-19 testing without 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 ``Covering Coronavirus Test Act of 
2020''.

SEC. 2. REQUIRING GROUP HEALTH PLANS AND HEALTH INSURANCE ISSUERS 
              OFFERING GROUP OR INDIVIDUAL HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE TO 
              COVER COVID-19 TESTING WITHOUT COST SHARING.

    Section 2713 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg-11) 
is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the 
                end and inserting a semicolon;
                    (C) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the 
                end and inserting ``; and'';
                    (D) by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph 
                (6); and
                    (E) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following 
                new paragraph:
            ``(5) any service consisting of a test furnished for 
        purposes of diagnosing COVID-19.''; and
            (2) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the following 
        new paragraph:
            ``(3) Clarification of nonapplication of interval to covid-
        19 laboratory tests.--The interval described in paragraph (1) 
        shall not apply to services described in subsection (a)(5).''.
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