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116-hr-6640116th Congress

Medicare Advantage COVID Treatment Act

Sponsored By: Representative Mucarsel-Powell, Debbie [D-FL-26]

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Summary

Medicare Advantage COVID Treatment Act This bill requires Medicare Advantage (MA) plans to cover specified treatment services relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) without cost-sharing during the public health emergency declared on January 31, 2020. The CMS must reimburse MA plans for cost-sharing amounts that would otherwise have been received, in accordance with a specified timeline. MA plans are also prohibited from instituting prior authorization or other utilization management requirements with respect to coverage of specified critical treatment services (e.g., ventilator services and intensive care unit services).

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Bill Overview

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Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Mucarsel-Powell, Debbie [D-FL-26]

FL • D

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]

    WI • D

    Sponsored 4/28/2020

  • Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]

    TN • D

    Sponsored 5/15/2020

  • Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24]

    FL • D

    Sponsored 5/15/2020

  • Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6]

    WA • D

    Sponsored 5/15/2020

  • Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]

    TX • D

    Sponsored 5/15/2020

  • Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5]

    CT • D

    Sponsored 5/15/2020

  • Rep. Axne, Cynthia [D-IA-3]

    IA • D

    Sponsored 5/15/2020

  • Rep. Morelle, Joseph D. [D-NY-25]

    NY • D

    Sponsored 6/15/2020

  • Rep. Cisneros, Gilbert Ray [D-CA-31]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 6/15/2020

  • Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]

    WI • D

    Sponsored 7/16/2020

  • Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12]

    NJ • D

    Sponsored 7/16/2020

Roll Call Votes

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