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House Bill 6193
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Medication Access in Emergencies Act of 2020
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Introduced in House on Mar 11, 2020
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H. R. 6193 (Introduced-in-House)


116th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 6193


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 provide benefits under such plan or such coverage for a 30-day refill of prescription drugs to individuals who reside in emergency areas during emergency periods.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 11, 2020

Mr. Pappas (for himself and Mr. Allred) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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 provide benefits under such plan or such coverage for a 30-day refill of prescription drugs to individuals who reside in emergency areas during emergency periods.

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 “Medication Access in Emergencies Act of 2020”.

SEC. 2. Requiring coverage of prescription drug refills during emergencies.

Subpart II of part A of title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg–11 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

“SEC. 2730. Coverage of prescription drug refills during an emergency.

“(a) In general.—A group health plan, and a health insurance issuer offering group or individual health insurance coverage, shall, in the case of an individual with a prescription for a drug for which benefits are available under such plan or such coverage who is enrolled under such plan or such coverage and who resides in an emergency area during an emergency period, waive, during such period and with respect to such individual, any time restrictions under such plan or coverage on any authorized refills for such drug to the extent necessary to permit such individual to receive a 30-day supply of such drug in advance of when such supply would have otherwise been permitted under such plan or coverage.

“(b) Definitions.—For purposes of subsection (a), the terms ‘emergency area’ and ‘emergency period’ have the meanings given such terms in section 1135(g) of the Social Security Act.”.