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; 32 are original cosponsors, there from 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 |
| D-CA | Katie Porter | Original | Dec 1, 2021 |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Original | Dec 1, 2021 |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Original | Dec 1, 2021 |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Original | Dec 1, 2021 |
| D-NY | Mondaire Jones | Original | Dec 1, 2021 |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Original | Dec 1, 2021 |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Original | Dec 1, 2021 |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Original | Dec 1, 2021 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | Dec 1, 2021 |
| D-NY | Ritchie Torres | Original | Dec 1, 2021 |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Original | Dec 1, 2021 |
| D-IL | Sean Casten | Original | Dec 1, 2021 |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Original | Dec 1, 2021 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | Dec 1, 2021 |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Original | Dec 1, 2021 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Dec 1, 2021 |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Original | Dec 1, 2021 |
| D-FL | Charlie Crist | Dec 8, 2021 | |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Dec 8, 2021 | |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Dec 8, 2021 | |
| D-MA | Jake Auchincloss | Dec 8, 2021 | |
| D-TN | Jim Cooper | Dec 8, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Dec 8, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Dec 8, 2021 | |
| D-NV | Steven Horsford | Dec 8, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Susan Wild | Dec 8, 2021 | |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Dec 8, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Dec 16, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Colin Z. Allred | Jan 13, 2022 | |
| D-TX | Veronica Escobar | Jan 13, 2022 | |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Feb 2, 2022 | |
| D-MI | Daniel T. Kildee | Feb 7, 2022 | |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Feb 7, 2022 | |
| D-GU | Michael F. Q. San Nicolas | Mar 28, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Mar 28, 2022 | |
| D-NC | Deborah K. Ross | Apr 4, 2022 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Apr 6, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Gomez | Jun 7, 2022 | |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Jul 12, 2022 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Jul 12, 2022 | |
| D-GA | David Scott | Jul 12, 2022 | |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Jul 12, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Jul 12, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Sara Jacobs | Jul 12, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Ami Bera | Jul 13, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Jul 13, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Jul 15, 2022 | |
| D-WA | Marilyn Strickland | Jul 18, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Jul 18, 2022 | |
| D-CA | J. Luis Correa | Jul 19, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Jul 19, 2022 | |
| D-KS | Sharice Davids | Jul 19, 2022 | |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Jul 20, 2022 | |
| D-OH | Shontel M. Brown | Jul 20, 2022 | |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | Jul 21, 2022 | |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | Jul 21, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Jul 27, 2022 | |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | Jul 27, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Jul 27, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | Jul 27, 2022 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Jul 28, 2022 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Aug 5, 2022 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Aug 9, 2022 | |
| D-MI | Brenda L. Lawrence | Aug 9, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Aug 9, 2022 | |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Aug 9, 2022 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Aug 9, 2022 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Aug 9, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Aug 9, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Aug 9, 2022 | |
| D-VA | Jennifer Wexton | Aug 9, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Karen Bass | Aug 9, 2022 | |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | Aug 9, 2022 | |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Aug 9, 2022 | |
| D-GA | Nikema Williams | Aug 9, 2022 | |
| D-IL | Robin L. Kelly | Aug 9, 2022 | |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Aug 9, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Aug 9, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Sean Patrick Maloney | Aug 9, 2022 | |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Aug 9, 2022 | |
| D-FL | Val Butler Demings | Aug 9, 2022 | |
| D-VA | Elaine G. Luria | Aug 12, 2022 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Aug 12, 2022 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Aug 12, 2022 | |
| D-CO | Jason Crow | Aug 12, 2022 | |
| D-MA | Katherine M. Clark | Aug 12, 2022 | |
| D-MA | Lori Trahan | Aug 12, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Pete Aguilar | Aug 12, 2022 | |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Aug 16, 2022 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Aug 23, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Hakeem S. Jeffries | Aug 23, 2022 | |
| D-CT | James A. Himes | Aug 23, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Norma J. Torres | Aug 23, 2022 | |
| D-MI | Haley M. Stevens | Aug 30, 2022 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Aug 30, 2022 | |
| D-VA | A. Donald McEachin | Sep 2, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Sep 2, 2022 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Sep 2, 2022 | |
| D-NJ | Andy Kim | Sep 2, 2022 | |
| D-AZ | Ann Kirkpatrick | Sep 2, 2022 | |
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | Sep 2, 2022 | |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Sep 2, 2022 | |
| D-IL | Cheri Bustos | Sep 2, 2022 | |
| D-MO | Cori Bush | Sep 2, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Sep 2, 2022 | |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Sep 2, 2022 | |
| D-TX | Joaquin Castro | Sep 2, 2022 | |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Sep 2, 2022 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Sep 2, 2022 | |
| D-IL | Lauren Underwood | Sep 2, 2022 | |
| D-GA | Lucy McBath | Sep 2, 2022 | |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Sep 2, 2022 | |
| D-IL | Marie Newman | Sep 2, 2022 | |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Sep 2, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Sep 2, 2022 | |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Sep 9, 2022 | |
| D-IL | Bradley Scott Schneider | Sep 9, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Sep 9, 2022 | |
| D-GA | Carolyn Bourdeaux | Sep 9, 2022 | |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Sep 9, 2022 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Sep 9, 2022 | |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Sep 9, 2022 | |
| D-MN | Dean Phillips | Sep 9, 2022 | |
| D-AZ | Greg Stanton | Sep 9, 2022 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Sep 9, 2022 | |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | Sep 9, 2022 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Sep 9, 2022 | |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Sep 9, 2022 | |
| D-MD | John P. Sarbanes | Sep 9, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Joseph D. Morelle | Sep 9, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Sep 9, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Kathleen M. Rice | Sep 9, 2022 | |
| D-OR | Kurt Schrader | Sep 9, 2022 | |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Sep 9, 2022 | |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | Sep 9, 2022 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Sep 9, 2022 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Sep 9, 2022 | |
| D-MD | Steny H. Hoyer | Sep 9, 2022 | |
| D-TX | Sylvia R. Garcia | Sep 9, 2022 | |
| D-NJ | Tom Malinowski | Sep 9, 2022 | |
| D-AZ | Tom O'Halleran | Sep 9, 2022 | |
| D-TX | Vicente Gonzalez | Sep 9, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Sep 13, 2022 | |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Sep 13, 2022 | |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Sep 13, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Sep 13, 2022 | |
| D-WA | Kim Schrier | Sep 13, 2022 | |
| D-TX | Lizzie Fletcher | Sep 13, 2022 | |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Sep 13, 2022 | |
| D-NM | Teresa Leger Fernandez | Sep 13, 2022 | |
| D-MD | Anthony G. Brown | Sep 15, 2022 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Sep 15, 2022 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Sep 15, 2022 | |
| D-NJ | Donald Norcross | Sep 15, 2022 | |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Sep 15, 2022 | |
| D-MI | Elissa Slotkin | Sep 15, 2022 | |
| D-MP | Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan | Sep 15, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Jamaal Bowman | Sep 15, 2022 | |
| D-SC | James E. Clyburn | Sep 15, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Sep 15, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Raul Ruiz | Sep 15, 2022 | |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Sep 15, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Sep 15, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Sep 21, 2022 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Sep 21, 2022 | |
| D-NJ | Mikie Sherrill | Sep 21, 2022 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Sep 21, 2022 | |
| D-VA | Abigail Davis Spanberger | Sep 28, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Sep 28, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Sep 30, 2022 | |
| D-MD | Kweisi Mfume | Nov 10, 2022 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Dec 15, 2022 | |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Dec 15, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Dec 20, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Dec 20, 2022 |
Committees 7
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Dec 1, 2021 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Dec 2, 2021 | |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Dec 1, 2021 |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Dec 1, 2021 |
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Dec 1, 2021 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jan 6, 2022 | |
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Dec 1, 2021 |
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Dec 1, 2021 |
| Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee | Referred Dec 14, 2021 | |
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred 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.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 207, December 1, 2021, page H6859.
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 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To increase access to pre-exposure prophylaxis to reduce the transmission of HIV.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- PrEP Access and Coverage Act
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
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
