Public Health Emergency Pass-Through Payment Fairness Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4295
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Introduced: 2020-07-23
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health

Drug therapy

Emergency medical services and trauma care

Health technology, devices, supplies

Home and outpatient care

Hospital care

Infectious and parasitic diseases

Medicare
Latest action: action_date: 2020-07-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-07-23
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Public Health Emergency Pass-Through Payment Fairness Act of 2020</b></p> <p>This bill allows the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services to extend pass-through payments and categories for certain Medicare drugs and devices during the public health emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4295 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 23, 2020 Mr. Paul introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure access to certain drugs and devices under the Medicare program.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Public Health Emergency Pass-Through Payment Fairness Act of 2020 . 2. Ensuring access to certain drugs and devices (a) In general Section 1833(t)(6) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395l(t)(6) ) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (K) Authority to extend pass-through time period The Secretary may extend the limited period of pass-through payment and associated categories described under subparagraphs (B) and (C) during an emergency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B), and the period during which such an emergency extension is in effect shall not be counted for purposes of calculating the period during which pass-through status is in effect under such subparagraphs after the emergency period expires. . (b) Implementation The Secretary of Health and Human Services may implement the amendment made by subsection (a) by interim final rule, program instructions, or otherwise.