,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #ceje  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #ag1    
#bjbj,mr4 ,jones 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,cassidy1 ,ms4 ,smith1 and ,mr4 ,daines7
 introduced the following bill2 which   
was read twice and referred to the      
,committee on ,health1 ,education1      
,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
require private health insurers to      
rapidly cover preventive services and   
vaccines related to the coronavirus4    
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,rapid ,coverage for            
,coronavirus ,vaccines ,act4  #b4 ,rapid
 coverage of preventive services and    
vaccines for coronavirus  7a7 ,in       
general ,notwithstanding #bgac7;b7 of   
the ,public ,health ,service ,act 7#db  
,u4,s4,c4 #cjj;gg-#ac71 the ,secretary  
of ,health and ,human ,services1 the    
,secretary of ,labor1 and the ,secretary
 of the ,treasury shall require group   
health plans and health insurance       
issuers offering group or individual    

health insurance to cover any qualifying
 coronavirus preventive service1        
pursuant to section #bgac7;a7 of the    
,public ,health ,service ,act 7#db      
,u4,s4,c4 #cjj;gg-#ac7;a774 ,the        
requirement described in this subsection
 shall take effective with respect to a 
qualifying coronavirus prevention       
service on the specified date described 
in subsection 7b77#b74  7b7 ,definitions
 ,for purposes of this section3 7#a7    
,qualifying coronavirus preventive      
service ,the term qualifying coronavirus
 preventive service means an item1      
service1 or immunization that is        
intended to prevent or mitigate         
coronavirus disease #bjai and that is-- 
7,a7 an evidence-based item or service  
that has in effect a rating of ,a or ,b 
in the current recommendations of the   
,united ,states ,preventive ,services   
,task ,force2 or  7,b7 an immunization  
that has in effect a recommendation from
 the ,advisory ,committee on            
,immunization ,practices of the ,centers

 for ,disease ,control and ,prevention  
with respect to the individual involved4
  7#b7 ,specified date ,the term        
specified date means-- 7,a7 with respect
 to a qualifying coronavirus preventive 
service described in paragraph          
7#a77;,a71 the date that is #ae business
 days after the date on which a rating  
with respect to such item or service is 
received as described in such paragraph2
 or  7,b7 with respect to a qualifying  
coronavirus preventive service described
 in paragraph 7#a77;,b71 the date that  
is #ae business days after the date on  
which a recommendation is made relating 
to the immunization as described in such
 paragraph4  7#c7 ,health insurance     
terms ,in this section1 the terms group 
health plan1 health insurance issuer1   
group health insurance coverage1 and    
individual health insurance coverage    
have the meanings given such terms in   
section #bgia of the ,public ,health    
,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4            
#cjj;gg-#ia74