H.R. 898 · 117th Congress · House

Care for COVID–19 Act of 2021

Active· Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Introduced
Feb 5, 21
Passed House
Pending
Passed Senate
Pending
Sent to President
Pending
Signed into Law
Pending

Executive Summary

Care for COVID-19 Act of 2021

This bill requires private health insurance plans to cover, without any cost-sharing requirement, medically necessary services for individuals who have been diagnosed with, or are presumed to have, COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Department of Labor, and the Department of the Treasury must, not later than one week after this bill is enacted, jointly issue guidance specifying the applicable services. Further, HHS must reimburse insurance plans for the cost-sharing amount for such services that would otherwise have been required. The bill provides funding for this reimbursement.

Action Timeline

7
  1. FEB 08, 2021•Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

  2. FEB 05, 2021•IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  3. FEB 05, 2021•IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  4. FEB 05, 2021•IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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.

  5. FEB 05, 2021•IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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.

  6. FEB 05, 2021•IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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.

  7. FEB 05, 2021•Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Committees

5

Health Subcommittee

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Referred: Feb 8, 2021

Active

Health Subcommittee

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Referred: Feb 5, 2021

Active

Education and Workforce Committee

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Referred: Feb 5, 2021

Active

Ways and Means Committee

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Referred: Feb 5, 2021

Active

Energy and Commerce Committee

hsif00

Referred: Feb 5, 2021

Active