Bill Sponsor
House Bill 6317
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Ensuring Coverage in Public Health Emergencies Act of 2020
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Introduced in House on Mar 23, 2020
Overview
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Mar 23, 2020
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Bill Number
6317
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116
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Health
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Summary

Ensuring Coverage in Public Health Emergencies Act of 2020

This bill requires private health insurance plans to provide a 30-day special enrollment period for eligible individuals after a public health emergency is declared. An employee who is eligible but not enrolled may enroll in an employer-provided group health plan during the special enrollment period.

The bill also requires such plans to cover services related to the disease or condition resulting in the public health emergency including, if applicable, vaccines, diagnostic testing, and treatment and care for the disease or condition. Such coverage does not require a positive diagnosis of the disease or condition and cost sharing must be comparable to similar services covered outside the circumstance of a public health emergency.

Text (1)
March 23, 2020
Actions (3)
03/23/2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
03/23/2020
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and Ways and Means, 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.
03/23/2020
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Feb 9, 2022 12:10:40 AM