,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fbca  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ab1 #bjbj,mr4
 ,bucshon 7for himself and ,ms4         
,schakowsky7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce  ,a 
,,bill  ,to ensure affordable coverage  
of certain vaccines and testing services
 under group health plans and group and 
individual health insurance coverage    
during the ,,covid-#ai public health    
emergency4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,ensuring ,access to
 ,,covid-#ai ,preventive ,care ,act of  
#bjbj4  #b4 ,ensuring affordable        
coverage of certain vaccines and testing
 services under group health plans and  
group and individual health insurance   
coverage during the ,,covid-#ai public  
health emergency  7a7 ,expedited meeting
 of ,,acip for ,,covid-#ai vaccines     
7#a7 ,in general ,notwithstanding       
section #cjia of the #bast ,century     
,cures ,act 7#ba ,u4,s4,c4 #cfj;bbb-#d  

note71 the ,advisory ,committee on      
,immunization ,practices shall meet and 
issue a recommendation with respect to a
 vaccine that is intended to prevent or 
treat ,,covid-#ai not later than #ae    
business days after the date on which   
such vaccine is licensed under section  
#cea of the ,public ,health ,service    
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bfb74  7#b7        
,definition ,in this subsection1 the    
term ,advisory ,committee on            
,immunization ,practices means the      
,advisory ,committee on ,immunization   
,practices established by the ,secretary
 of ,health and ,human ,services        
pursuant to section #bbb of the ,public 
,health ,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4    
#bag;a71 acting through the ,director of
 the ,centers for ,disease ,control and 
,prevention4  7b7 ,authority ,to waive  
cost sharing for testing services for   
,,covid-#ai ,section #bgac of the       
,public ,health ,service ,act 7#db      
,u4,s4,c4 #cjj;gg-#ac7 is amended-- 7#a7
 in the header1 by inserting before the 

period at the end the following3 2      
coverage of certain testing services for
 ,,covid-#ai2 and  7#b7 by adding at the
 end the following new subsection3  7d7 
,coverage of certain testing services   
for ,,covid-#ai  7#a7 ,in general ,a    
group health plan1 and a health         
insurance issuer offering group or      
individual health insurance coverage1   
shall1 during a period described in     
paragraph 7#b71 at a minimum provide    
coverage for and not impose any cost    
sharing requirements for an item or     
service specified by the ,secretary     
under paragraph 7#c7 with respect to    
such period4  7#b7 ,period described    
,for purposes of this subsection and    
with respect to an item or service      
specified under paragraph 7#c7 and a    
group health plan or group or individual
 health insurance coverage1 a period    
described in this paragraph is a period 
specified by the ,secretary that-- 7,a7 
begins during the public health         
emergency declared by the ,secretary    

pursuant to section #cai on ,january    
#ca1 #bjbj1 entitled ,determination that
 a ,public ,health ,emergency ,exists   
,nationwide as the ,result of the #bjai 
,novel ,coronavirus 7or any renewal of  
such declaration pursuant to such       
section72 and  7,b7 ends on the earlier 
of-- 7i7 the termination of such        
declaration2 and  7ii7 in the case the  
,united ,states ,preventive ,services   
,task ,force issues a rating 7other than
 ,i7 with respect to such item or       
service-- 7,i7 in the case such rating  
is an ,a or ,b1 the day before the date 
on which the requirements of subsection 
7a7 apply to such plan or coverage with 
respect to such item or service2 or     
7,,ii7 in the case such rating is not   
described in subclause 7,i71 the date   
such rating is so issued4  7#c7         
,specified items and services ,for      
purposes of this subsection1 the        
,secretary may specify an item or       
service under this paragraph with       
respect to a period described in        

paragraph 7#b7 only if such item or     
service-- 7,a7 is a testing service     
intended to detect ,,sars-,co,v-#b or   
diagnose ,,covid-#ai2 and  7,b7 does    
not1 as of the date such item or service
 is so specified1 have in effect a      
rating from the ,united ,states         
,preventive ,services ,task ,force 7or  
has in effect a rating of ,i74  4