S 1018 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Access to TESTs Act

Introduced Mar 25, 2021 Originated Senate Sponsor Amy Klobuchar D-MN

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 25, 2021 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.

  1. IntroducedMar 25, 2021
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Access to Technology and Equipment for Same-day Tests Act or the Access to TESTs Act

This bill establishes grant programs to increase access to diagnostic tests.

Specifically, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) must award grants to hospitals, primary care facilities, and other health care providers to buy equipment and supplies to increase access to same-day diagnostic testing in point-of-care settings.

The CDC must also award grants to public health and other laboratories to buy high-throughput diagnostic equipment and supplies to increase testing capacity and expedite test results.

Cosponsors 1

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Mar 25, 2021.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-INMike BraunOriginalMar 25, 2021

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 25, 2021Introduced in Senate
  2. Mar 25, 2021Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 747Access to TESTs ActRelated billFeb 4, 2021

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 25, 2021Introduced in Senate

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