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117TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 467
To amend the Families First Coronavirus Response Act and the CARES
Act to require group health plans and health insurance issuers offering
group or individual health insurance coverage to provide coverage, with-
out cost sharing, of certain COVID–19 antibody treatments.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 25, 2021
Mr. GONZALEZ of Ohio (for himself and Ms. SPANBERGER) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Edu-
cation and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To amend the Families First Coronavirus Response Act and
the CARES Act to require group health plans and health
insurance issuers offering group or individual health in-
surance coverage to provide coverage, without cost shar-
ing, of certain COVID–19 antibody treatments.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Patient Ac-
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cess to Lifesaving COVID–19 Drugs Act of 2021’’.
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SEC. 2. REQUIRING GROUP HEALTH PLANS AND HEALTH
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INSURANCE ISSUERS OFFERING GROUP OR
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INDIVIDUAL HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE
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TO PROVIDE COVERAGE, WITHOUT COST
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SHARING, OF CERTAIN COVID–19 ANTIBODY
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TREATMENTS.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6001(a) of the Families
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First Coronavirus Response Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b–5 note)
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is amended—
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(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by
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inserting ‘‘(or, in the case of items and services de-
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scribed in paragraph (3), beginning on or after the
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date of the enactment of the Protecting Patient Ac-
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cess to Lifesaving COVID–19 Drugs Act of 2021)’’
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after ‘‘this Act’’; and
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(2) by adding at the end the following new
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paragraph:
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‘‘(3) Items consisting of monoclonal antibody
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infusions (as specified by the Secretary) approved,
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cleared, or otherwise authorized by the Food and
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Drug Administration needed for the treatment of
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COVID–19 in individuals with positive COVID–19
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test results, including services for the administration
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of such items.’’.
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(b) REIMBURSEMENT
FOR TREATMENTS.—Section
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3202 of the CARES Act (42 U.S.C. 256b note) is amend-
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ed—
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(1) in the header, by inserting ‘‘AND ANTI-
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BODY TREATMENTS’’ after ‘‘TESTING’’;
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(2) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding
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paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or antibody treatment,
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as applicable,’’ after ‘‘diagnostic testing’’; and
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(3) in subsection (b)—
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(A) in the header, by inserting ‘‘AND ANTI-
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BODY TREATMENTS’’ after ‘‘TESTING’’; and
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(B) in paragraph (1)—
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(i) by inserting ‘‘or antibody treat-
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ment’’ after ‘‘diagnostic test’’; and
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(ii) by inserting ‘‘or treatment (in-
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cluding the administration of such treat-
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ment)’’ after ‘‘such test’’.
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