COVID Vaccine Transportation Access Act
Latest action · May 10, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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.
- IntroducedMay 7, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
COVID Vaccine Transportation Access Act
This bill establishes a grant program to remove transportation barriers in accessing COVID-19 vaccination sites. It also requires the federal government to cover the full cost of nonemergency transportation benefits related to accessing a COVID-19 vaccine for Medicaid recipients.
Specifically, the Department of Health and Human Services must award the grants through state health agencies to nonprofits that have experience providing services to communities with disparities in health status and health care access. Grant-funded projects may include prescheduled or on-demand transportation to and from COVID-19 vaccination sites.
Cosponsors 10
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 7, 2021 to May 25, 2021, with 6 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Original | May 7, 2021 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | May 7, 2021 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | May 7, 2021 |
| D-CA | Raul Ruiz | Original | May 7, 2021 |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Original | May 7, 2021 |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Original | May 7, 2021 |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | May 11, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | May 12, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | May 17, 2021 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | May 25, 2021 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 10, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- May 7, 2021Introduced in House
- May 7, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Community life and organization
- Congressional oversight
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Health
- Health care coverage and access
- Health programs administration and funding
- Immunology and vaccination
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Medicaid
- Minority health
- Public transit
- Transportation costs
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 7, 2021Introduced in House
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