HAPI Act

Bill: 117-s-581
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2021-03-03
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access

Immunology and vaccination

Intergovernmental relations

Medicaid

State and local finance
Latest action: action_date: 2021-03-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-03-03
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Helping Adults Protect Immunity Act or the HAPI Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires state Medicaid programs to cover, without cost-sharing, vaccines for adults that are recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 581 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 3, 2021 Mr. Brown introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to improve access to adult vaccines under Medicaid.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Helping Adults Protect Immunity Act or the HAPI Act . 2. Improving access to adult vaccines under Medicaid (a) Requiring medicaid plans To cover adult vaccinations Section 1902(a)(10)(A) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)(A) ) is amended in the matter preceding clause (i) by inserting (13)(B), after (5), . (b) No cost sharing for vaccinations (1) General cost-sharing limitations Section 1916 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396o ) is amended— (A) in subsection (a)(2)— (i) in subparagraph (F), by striking , or and inserting a comma; (ii) in subparagraph (G), by striking ; and and inserting , or ; and (iii) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (H) vaccines described in section 1905(a)(13)(B) (and the administration of such vaccines); and ; and (B) in subsection (b)(2)— (i) in subparagraph (F), by striking , or and inserting a comma; (ii) in subparagraph (G), by striking ; and and inserting , or ; and (iii) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (H) vaccines described in section 1905(a)(13)(B) (and the administration of such vaccines); and . (2) Application to alternative cost sharing Section 1916A(b)(3)(B) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396o–1(b)(3)(B) ) is amended by adding at the end the following new clause: (xii) Vaccines described in section 1905(a)(13)(B) (and the administration of such vaccines). . (c) Enhanced FMAP for adult vaccines Section 1905(b) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396d(b) ) is amended— (1) by striking and (5) and inserting (5) ; (2) by striking services and vaccines described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subsection (a)(13), and prohibits cost-sharing for such services and vaccines and inserting services described in subsection (a)(13)(A), and prohibits cost-sharing for such services ; (3) by striking medical assistance for such services and vaccines and inserting medical assistance for such services ; and (4) by inserting , and (6) with respect to medical assistance for vaccines described in subsection (a)(13)(B), the Federal medical assistance percentage, as determined under this subsection and subsection (y) (without regard to paragraph (1)(C) of such subsection), shall be increased by 1 percentage point before the first period.