Ensuring Access to COVID–19 Vaccines for Seniors Act

Bill: 116-s-4825
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2020-10-21
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health

Emergency medical services and trauma care

Health care coverage and access

Immunology and vaccination

Infectious and parasitic diseases

Medicare
Latest action: action_date: 2020-10-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6378-6379)

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-10-21
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Ensuring Access to COVID-19 Vaccines for Seniors Act</b></p> <p>This bill specifies that vaccines for COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) that are authorized for emergency use must be covered under Medicare without cost-sharing.</p> <p>The bill applies retroactively.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4825 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES October 21 (legislative day, October 19), 2020 Mr. Reed (for himself and Mrs. Capito ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To provide clarification with respect to the effective date of Medicare coverage of COVID–19 vaccines without any cost-sharing.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ensuring Access to COVID–19 Vaccines for Seniors Act . 2. Effective date of Medicare coverage of COVID–19 vaccines without any cost-sharing Effective as if included in the enactment of the CARES Act ( Public Law 116–136 ; 42 U.S.C. 13951 note), section 3713(d) of such Act is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: or authorized for emergency use under section 564 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 360bbb–3 ) .