,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fagc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #aj1 #bjbj,ms4
 ,de,gette 7for herself and ,ms4        
,shalala7 introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,energy and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
amend title ,,xxvii of the ,public      
,health ,service ,act to require group  
health plans and health insurance       
issuers offering group or individual    
health insurance coverage to cover      
,,covid-#ai testing without cost        
sharing4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act   
may be cited as the ,covering           
,coronavirus ,test ,act of #bjbj4  #b4  
,requiring group health plans and health
 insurance issuers offering group or    
individual health insurance coverage to 
cover ,,covid-#ai testing without cost  
sharing ,section #bgac of the ,public   
,health ,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4    
#cjj;gg-#aa7 is amended-- 7#a7 in       
subsection 7a7-- 7,a7 in paragraph 7#b71
 by striking and at the end2  7,b7 in   

paragraph 7#c71 by striking the period  
at the end and inserting a semicolon2   
7,c7 in paragraph 7#d71 by striking the 
period at the end and inserting 2 and2  
7,d7 by redesignating paragraph 7#e7 as 
paragraph 7#f72 and  7,e7 by inserting  
after paragraph 7#d7 the following new  
paragraph3  7#e7 any service consisting 
of a test furnished for purposes of     
diagnosing ,,covid-#ai4  2 and  7#b7 in 
subsection 7b71 by adding at the end the
 following new paragraph3  7#c7         
,clarification of nonapplication of     
interval to ,,covid-#ai laboratory tests
 ,the interval described in paragraph   
7#a7 shall not apply to services        
described in subsection 7a77#e74  4