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116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6299 
To provide for the rapid coverage of preventive services and vaccines for 
COVID-19. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 19, 2020 
Mr. COURTNEY (for himself and Mr. BEYER) 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 jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for the rapid coverage of preventive services and 
vaccines for COVID-19. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Rapid Coverage of 
COVID-19 Vaccine Act of 2020’’. 
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SEC. 2. RAPID COVERAGE OF PREVENTIVE SERVICES AND 
VACCINES FOR COVID-19. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a qualifying 
COVID-19 preventive service, notwithstanding section 
2713(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
300gg–13(b)) (including the regulations under section 
2590.715–2713 of title 29, Code of Federal Regulations, 
section 54.9815–2713 of title 26, Code of Federal Regula-
tions, and section 147.130 of title 45, Code of Federal 
Regulations), the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices, Secretary of Labor, and Secretary of the Treasury 
shall apply to group health plans and health insurance 
issuers offering group or individual health insurance cov-
erage the requirement under section 2713(a) of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg–13(a)), with respect 
to such services, as if such section 2713(a)— 
(1) required the coverage of such service under 
such plans and such coverage be effective not later 
than the specified date (as defined in subsection 
(b)(2)) with respect to such service; and 
(2) applied to grandfathered health plans (as 
defined in section 1251(e) of the Patient Protection 
and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18011(e))). 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 
(1) QUALIFYING COVID-19 PREVENTIVE SERV-
ICE.—The term ‘‘qualifying COVID-19 preventive 
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service’’ means an item, service, or immunization 
that is intended to prevent or mitigate COVID-19 
and that is— 
(A) an evidence-based item or service that 
has in effect a rating of ‘‘A’’ or ‘‘B’’ in the cur-
rent recommendations of the United States Pre-
ventive Services Task Force; or 
(B) an immunization that has in effect a 
recommendation from the Advisory Committee 
on Immunization Practices of the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention with respect to 
the individual involved. 
(2) SPECIFIED
DATE.—The term ‘‘specified 
date’’ means— 
(A) with respect to a qualifying COVID-19 
preventive 
service 
described 
in 
paragraph 
(1)(A), the date that is 15 business days after 
the date on which a rating, as described in such 
paragraph, is made with respect to such service; 
and 
(B) with respect to a qualifying COVID-19 
preventive 
service 
described 
in 
paragraph 
(1)(B), the date that is 15 business days after 
the date on which a recommendation, as de-
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scribed in such paragraph, is made relating to 
the service. 
(3) ADDITIONAL
TERMS.—The terms ‘‘group 
health plan’’; ‘‘health insurance issuer’’; ‘‘group 
health insurance coverage’’, and ‘‘individual health 
insurance coverage’’ 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 Em-
ployee Retirement Income Security Act (29 U.S.C. 
1191b), and section 9832 of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986, as applicable. 
(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, subregulatory guidance, or 
otherwise. 
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