Care for COVID-19 Act 2.0

Summary

Care for COVID-19 Act 2.0 This bill establishes a special health plan enrollment period and requires health plans to cover certain services during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency. The special enrollment period applies to plans offered through health insurance exchanges and is available to eligible individuals for eight weeks beginning one week after this bill is enacted. The bill also funds outreach activities for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to notify individuals about the special enrollment period. Additionally, the bill requires private health insurance plans to cover, without any cost-sharing requirement, medically necessary services for individuals who have been diagnosed with, or are presumed to have, COVID-19. HHS, the Department of Labor, and the Department of the Treasury must jointly issue guidance that specifies applicable medically necessary services not later than one week after this bill is enacted. Further, HHS must reimburse health plans for the amount of such cost-sharing requirements that are not imposed.

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Timeline

1. 10 April 2020

   Introduced

   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 committee concerned.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 10 April 2020

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 10 April 2020

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 14 April 2020

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

   Source: Committee

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 10 April 2020 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 10 April 2020

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 10 April 2020

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 10 April 2020

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Sponsors

• Raul Ruiz · D · Sponsor
• Lauren Underwood · D · Sponsor
• · hswm00 · Standing
• · hsed00 · Standing
• · hsif00 · Standing

Related records

• related to → Workforce Emergency Response Act of 2020
• related to ← COVID Special Enrollment Act of 2020
• related to ← Coverage for COVID–19 Treatment Act of 2020
• related to ← The Heroes Act
• related to ← EHDC Act of 2020