Chronic Disease Management Act of 2020

II 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. 3200 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit high deductible health plans to provide chronic disease prevention services to plan enroll- ees prior to satisfying their plan deductible. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JANUARY 15, 2020 Mr. THUNE (for himself, Mr. CARPER, Mr. CRAMER, Ms. SMITH, Ms. MCSALLY, and Ms. SINEMA) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit high deductible health plans to provide chronic disease prevention services to plan enrollees prior to satisfying their plan deductible. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Chronic Disease Man- 4 agement Act of 2020’’. 5 SEC. 2. CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION. 6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 223(c)(2) of the Internal 7 Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by redesignating sub- 8 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:12 Jan 16, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3200.IS S3200 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •S 3200 IS paragraph (D) as subparagraph (E) and by inserting after 1 subparagraph (C) the following new subparagraph: 2 ‘‘(D) PREVENTIVE CARE SERVICES AND 3 ITEMS FOR CHRONIC CONDITIONS.—For pur- 4 poses of subparagraph (C), preventive care shall 5 include any service or item used to treat an in- 6 dividual with a chronic condition if— 7 ‘‘(i) such service or item is low-cost, 8 ‘‘(ii) in regards to such service or 9 item, there is medical evidence supporting 10 high cost efficiency of preventing exacer- 11 bation of the chronic condition or the de- 12 velopment of a secondary condition, and 13 ‘‘(iii) there is a strong likelihood, doc- 14 umented by clinical evidence, that with re- 15 spect to the class of individuals utilizing 16 such service or item, the specific service or 17 use of the item will prevent the exacer- 18 bation of the chronic condition or the de- 19 velopment of a secondary condition that re- 20 quires significantly higher cost treat- 21 ments.’’. 22 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:12 Jan 16, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3200.IS S3200 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •S 3200 IS (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 1 this section shall apply to coverage for months beginning 2 after the date of the enactment of this Act. 3 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:12 Jan 16, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S3200.IS S3200 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS