PrEP Access and Coverage Act
Latest action · Jan 6, 2022 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.
- IntroducedDec 1, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot 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 HIV, including related screenings, diagnostic procedures, administrative fees, and 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 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 an individual 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 and underinsured 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 190
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 1, 2021 to Dec 20, 2022, with 32 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Original | Dec 1, 2021 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Dec 1, 2021 |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Original | Dec 1, 2021 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Dec 1, 2021 |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Original | Dec 1, 2021 |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Original | Dec 1, 2021 |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Original | Dec 1, 2021 |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Original | Dec 1, 2021 |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Original | Dec 1, 2021 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Dec 1, 2021 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Dec 1, 2021 |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Original | Dec 1, 2021 |
| D-CA | Jackie Speier | Original | Dec 1, 2021 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Dec 1, 2021 |
| D-NC | Kathy E. Manning | Original | Dec 1, 2021 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 6, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Dec 14, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
- Dec 2, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Dec 1, 2021Introduced in House
- Dec 1, 2021Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, Ways and Means, Veterans' Affairs, Armed Services, Natural Resources, and Financial Services, 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.
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3295 | PrEP Access and Coverage Act | Identical bill | Dec 1, 2021 |
| S 4486 | Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2022 | Related bill | Jun 23, 2022 |
| HR 7585 | Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2022 | Related bill | Jun 29, 2022 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Child health
- Civil actions and liability
- Congressional oversight
- Disability and health-based discrimination
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Health
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care coverage and access
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health promotion and preventive care
- HIV/AIDS
- Indian social and development programs
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Life, casualty, property insurance
- Medicaid
- Medical tests and diagnostic methods
- Medicare
- Poverty and welfare assistance
- Prescription drugs
- Right of privacy
- State and local government operations
- Veterans' medical care
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 1, 2021Introduced in House
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