H.R. 8623, Securing Affordable Vaccines Equally for Seniors Act
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H.R. 8623, the Securing Affordable Vaccines Equally for Seniors Act, is a bill introduced in the House of Representatives on October 16, 2020 by Ms. Spanberger and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. Its stated purpose is to amend the CARES Act to clarify the inclusion of certain COVID–19 vaccines covered under the Medicare program without any cost sharing. Section 2 amends section 3713(d) of the CARES Act, effective as if included in its enactment, by inserting the words or authorized for emergency use under section 564 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
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116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 8623
To amend the CARES Act to clarify the inclusion of certain COVID–19
vaccines covered under the Medicare program without any cost sharing.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 16, 2020
Ms. SPANBERGER (for herself, Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota, Mr.
FITZPATRICK, Ms. HOULAHAN, and Ms. SLOTKIN) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means,
and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee
concerned
A BILL
To amend the CARES Act to clarify the inclusion of certain
COVID–19 vaccines covered under the Medicare program
without any cost sharing.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Securing Affordable
5 Vaccines Equally for Seniors Act’’ or the ‘‘SAVE for Sen-
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1 SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE OF MEDICARE COVERAGE OF
2 COVID–19 VACCINES WITHOUT ANY COST
3 SHARING.
4 Effective as if included in the enactment of the
5 CARES Act (Public Law 116–136; 42 U.S.C. 13951), sec-
6 tion 3713(d) of such Act is amended by inserting before
7 the period at the end the following: ‘‘or authorized for
8 emergency use under section 564 of the Federal Food,
9 Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 360bbb–3)’’.
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