,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fbcb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ab1 #bjbj,mr4
 ,crdenas 7for himself1 ,ms4 ,snchez1   
and ,mr4 ,castro of ,texas7 introduced  
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,energy and        
,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to require the   
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services1 through the ,national        
,disaster ,medical ,system1 to provide  
for certain laboratory reimbursement for
 diagnostic testing for ,,covid-#ai in  
uninsured individuals4  #a4             
,reimbursement for diagnostic testing   
for ,covid-#ai in uninsured individuals 
7a7 ,reimbursement ,through the         
,national ,disaster ,medical ,system    
under section #bhab of the ,public      
,health ,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4    
#cjj;hh-#aa71 and in coordination with  
the ,administrator of the ,centers for  
,medicare  ,medicaid ,services1 the     
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services shall1 subject to the         

availability of appropriations under    
subsection 7c71 pay the claims of       
laboratories for reimbursement1 as      
described in subsection 7a77#c77;,d7 of 
such section #bhab1 for health services 
consisting of diagnostic testing to     
detect or diagnose ,,covid-#ai in       
uninsured individuals4 ,the amount that 
will be paid shall be equal to the      
amount that would have been paid to a   
physician or laboratory under ,clinical 
,laboratory ,fee ,schedule under section
 #ahcc7;h77#h7 of the ,social ,security 
,act4  7b7 ,definition ,in this section1
 the term uninsured individual means an 
individual who is not enrolled in-- 7#a7
 a ,federal health care program 7as     
defined under section #aabh;,b7f7 of the
 ,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4  
#acbj;a-#g;b7f7772 or  7#b7 a group     
health plan or health insurance coverage
 offered by a health insurance issuer in
 the group or individual market 7as such
 terms are defined in section #bgia of  
the ,public ,health ,service ,act 7#db  

,u4,s4,c4 #cjj;gg-#ia77 or a health plan
 offered under chapter #hi of title #e1 
,united ,states ,code4  7c7 ,funding ,to
 carry out this section1 there is       
authorized to be appropriated1 and there
 is hereby appropriated1 out of amounts 
in the ,treasury not otherwise          
obligated1 #a1jjj1jjj1jjj1 to remain    
available until expended4