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116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6213 
To provide for coverage (without cost sharing or utilization management 
requirements) under group health plans and individual and group health 
insurance coverage of testing for COVID–19. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 11, 2020 
Ms. WILSON of Florida (for herself, Ms. SCHRIER, Ms. DELBENE, Ms. 
DEGETTE, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. SABLAN, Ms. BONAMICI, 
Mr. DESAULNIER, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. MORELLE, Mrs. MCBATH, Mrs. 
HAYES, Ms. SHALALA, Mr. LEVIN of Michigan, Mr. TRONE, Ms. STE-
VENS, and Mr. SCOTT of Virginia) introduced the following bill; which 
was 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 com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for coverage (without cost sharing or utilization 
management requirements) under group health plans and 
individual and group health insurance coverage of testing 
for COVID–19. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No Cost for COVID– 
19 Testing Act’’. 
SEC. 2. COVERAGE OF TESTING FOR COVID–19. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—A group health plan and a health 
insurance issuer offering group or individual health insur-
ance coverage (including a grandfathered health plan (as 
defined in section 1251(e) of the Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act)) shall provide coverage, and shall not 
impose any cost sharing (including deductibles, copay-
ments, and coinsurance) requirements or prior authoriza-
tion or other utilization management requirements, for at 
a minimum the following items and services furnished dur-
ing any portion of the emergency period defined in para-
graph (1)(B) of section 1135(g) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1320b–5(g)) beginning on or after the date 
of the enactment of this Act: 
(1) In vitro diagnostic products (as defined in 
section 809.3(a) of title 21, Code of Federal Regula-
tions) for the detection of SARS–CoV–2 or the diag-
nosis of the virus that causes COVID-19 that are 
approved, cleared, or authorized under section 
510(k), 513, 515 or 564 of the Federal Food, Drug, 
and Cosmetic Act, and the administration of such in 
vitro diagnostic products. 
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(2) Health care provider office visits, urgent 
care center visits, and emergency room visits relat-
ing to testing for COVID–19. 
(b) ENFORCEMENT.—The provisions of subsection 
(a) shall be applied by the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, Secretary of Labor, and Secretary of the Treas-
ury to group health plans and health insurance issuers of-
fering group or individual health insurance coverage as if 
included in the provisions of part A of title XXVII of the 
Public Health Service Act, part 7 of the Employee Retire-
ment Income Security Act of 1974, and subchapter B of 
chapter 100 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as ap-
plicable. 
(c) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, Secretary of Labor, and Secretary of the 
Treasury may implement the provisions of this section 
through program instruction or otherwise. 
(d) HEALTH INSURANCE TERMS.—The terms ‘‘group 
health plan’’; ‘‘health insurance issuer’’; ‘‘group health in-
surance coverage’’, and ‘‘individual health insurance cov-
erage’’ have the meanings given such terms in section 
2791 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg– 
91), section 733 of the Employee Retirement Income Se-
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curity Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1191b), and section 9832 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as applicable. 
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