PrEP Access and Coverage Act
Latest action · Jun 20, 2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 20, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
PrEP Access and Coverage Act
This bill requires private health insurance plans to cover prescription drugs that prevent the acquisition of HIV, and any related screenings, diagnostic procedures, or clinical follow-ups, without any cost-sharing obligation for the plan holder. Further, insurance plans must not impose any preauthorization requirement for this coverage. These coverage requirements also apply to public health insurance programs, including, among others, Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children's Health Insurance Program.
Additionally, the bill prohibits denying, limiting, or qualifying coverage or increasing premiums for disability insurance, long-term care insurance, or life insurance policies based on a person taking medication for HIV prevention.
The bill further requires the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to states, or directly to eligible local organizations, to provide uninsured individuals access to prescription drugs and related services that prevent HIV. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also must develop a public awareness campaign that focuses efforts in communities with a high need for HIV prevention treatment.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 20, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Jun 20, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1643 | PrEP Assistance Program Act | Related bill | Mar 11, 2019 |
| HR 3815 | PrEP Access and Coverage Act | Identical bill | Aug 14, 2019 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Child health
- Civil actions and liability
- Congressional oversight
- Disability and health-based discrimination
- Family planning and birth control
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government information and archives
- Health
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care coverage and access
- Health facilities and institutions
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health promotion and preventive care
- HIV/AIDS
- Indian social and development programs
- Insurance industry and regulation
- Life, casualty, property insurance
- Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
- Medicaid
- Medical tests and diagnostic methods
- Medicare
- Minority health
- Prescription drugs
- Rural conditions and development
- Veterans' medical care
- Women's health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 20, 2019Introduced in Senate
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