US Congress House Bill 6906 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 32-0)
Status: Introduced on May 15 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-07-13 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to pay the out-of-pocket expenses of individuals receiving medically-necessary care or services during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. Specifically, the bill covers the costs for services provided through public or private health insurance and to uninsured individuals, including prescription drugs and care related to COVID-19, beginning on the date of enactment of this bill until a COVID-19 vaccine is widely available to the public.Health insurance plans are prohibited from increasing the cost-sharing requirements of plans while this program is in effect and HHS must report to Congress on the program on a weekly basis.

Health Care Emergency Guarantee Act

Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]
Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]	Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]	Rep. Jesus Garcia [D-IL]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]
Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez [D-NY]
Rep. Ilhan Omar [D-MN]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Ayanna Pressley [D-MA]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]
Rep. Rashida Tlaib [D-MI]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]
Rep. Joseph Neguse [D-CO]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]
Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]
Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-07-13	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2020-06-10	House	Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
2020-05-15	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Veterans' Affairs, Armed Services, 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.
2020-05-15	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Veterans' Affairs, Armed Services, 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.
2020-05-15	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Veterans' Affairs, Armed Services, 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.
2020-05-15	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Veterans' Affairs, Armed Services, 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.
2020-05-15	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Veterans' Affairs, Armed Services, 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.
2020-05-15	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Veterans' Affairs, Armed Services, 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.
2020-05-15	House	Introduced in House

SB3790 (Same As) 2020-05-20 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
SB4490 (Related) 2020-08-06 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
HB8020 (Related) 2020-10-06 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6906/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr6906/BILLS-116hr6906ih.pdf