No Cost for Monkeypox Testing Act of 2022
Latest action · Aug 9, 2022 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Armed Services, Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Reform, and Natural Resources, 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.
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.
- IntroducedAug 9, 2022
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
No Cost for Monkeypox Testing Act of 2022
This bill requires specified public health care programs and private health insurance to cover, through December 31, 2023, testing for monkeypox without imposing cost-sharing, including deductibles, coinsurance, and copayments. (Monkeypox is a viral disease that is endemic to parts of Africa and causes symptoms similar to, but less severe than, smallpox.)
The bill also establishes procedures for uninsured individuals to access such testing at no cost.
Cosponsors 25
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Aug 9, 2022 to Sep 14, 2022; 15 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Original | Aug 9, 2022 |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Original | Aug 9, 2022 |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Original | Aug 9, 2022 |
| D-NY | Jamaal Bowman | Original | Aug 9, 2022 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Aug 9, 2022 |
| D-CA | Karen Bass | Original | Aug 9, 2022 |
| D-IL | Lauren Underwood | Original | Aug 9, 2022 |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Original | Aug 9, 2022 |
| D-NY | Mondaire Jones | Original | Aug 9, 2022 |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Original | Aug 9, 2022 |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Original | Aug 9, 2022 |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | Original | Aug 9, 2022 |
| D-NY | Ritchie Torres | Original | Aug 9, 2022 |
| D-CA | Sara Jacobs | Original | Aug 9, 2022 |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Original | Aug 9, 2022 |
| D-MD | Anthony G. Brown | Aug 12, 2022 | |
| D-VA | Jennifer Wexton | Aug 12, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Aug 12, 2022 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Aug 12, 2022 | |
| D-IL | Sean Casten | Aug 12, 2022 | |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Aug 19, 2022 | |
| D-NJ | Mikie Sherrill | Aug 19, 2022 | |
| D-TX | Colin Z. Allred | Aug 30, 2022 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Aug 30, 2022 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Sep 14, 2022 |
Committees 6
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 Aug 9, 2022 |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Aug 9, 2022 |
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Aug 9, 2022 |
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Aug 9, 2022 |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Aug 9, 2022 |
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Aug 9, 2022 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 9, 2022Introduced in House
- Aug 9, 2022Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Armed Services, Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Reform, and Natural Resources, 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. 168, no. 134, August 9, 2022, page H7557.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To ensure access to cost-free monkeypox testing services.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- No Cost for Monkeypox Testing Act of 2022
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Aug 9, 2022Introduced 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.
