Sec. 70105. Coverage at no cost sharing of COVID–19 vaccine and treatment

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Section 1905(a)(4) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396d(a)(4) ) is amended— by striking and

(D)and inserting

(D); and by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting ;

(E)a COVID–19 vaccine licensed under section 351 of the Public Health Service Act and the administration of such vaccine; and

(F)items and services furnished for the treatment of COVID–19 or a condition that may complicate the treatment of COVID–19; . Subsections (a)(2) and (b)(2) of section 1916 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396o ), as amended by section 6004(a)(2)(A) of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, are each amended— in subparagraph (F), by striking or at the end; in subparagraph (G), by striking ; and and inserting , or ; and by adding at the end the following subparagraphs: a COVID–19 vaccine licensed under section 351 of the Public Health Service Act and the administration of such vaccine, or any item or service furnished for the treatment of COVID–19 or a condition that may complicate the treatment of COVID–19; and . Section 1916A(b)(3)(B) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396o–1(b)(3)(B) ), as amended by section 6004(a)(2)(B) of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, is amended— in clause (xi), by striking any visit and inserting any service ; and by adding at the end the following clauses: A COVID–19 vaccine licensed under section 351 of the Public Health Service Act and the administration of such vaccine. An item or service furnished for the treatment of COVID–19 or a condition that may complicate the treatment of COVID–19. . The amendments made this subsection shall apply with respect to a State plan of a territory in the same manner as a State plan of one of the 50 States. Section 1928 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396s ) is amended— in subsection (a)(1)— in subparagraph (A), by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon; in subparagraph (B), by striking the period and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following subparagraph: each vaccine-eligible child (as defined in subsection (b)) is entitled to receive a COVID–19 vaccine from a program-registered provider (as defined in subsection (h)(8)) without charge for— the cost of such vaccine; or the administration of such vaccine. ; in subsection (c)(2)— in subparagraph (C)(ii), by inserting , but may not impose a fee for the administration of a COVID–19 vaccine before the period; and by adding at the end the following subparagraph: The provider will provide and administer an approved COVID–19 vaccine to a vaccine-eligible child in accordance with the same requirements as apply under the preceding subparagraphs to the provision and administration of a qualified pediatric vaccine to such a child. ; and in subsection (d)(1), in the first sentence, by inserting , including with respect to a COVID–19 vaccine licensed under section 351 of the Public Health Service Act before the period. Section 2103(c) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1397cc(c) ), as amended by section 6004(b)(1) of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, is amended by adding at the end the following paragraph: The child health assistance provided to a targeted low-income child shall include coverage of— any COVID–19 vaccine licensed under section 351 of the Public Health Service Act and the administration of such vaccine; and any item or service furnished for the treatment of COVID–19 or a condition that may complicate the treatment of COVID–19. . Section 2103(e)(2) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1397cc(e)(2) ), as amended by section 6004(b)(3) of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, is amended— in the paragraph header, by inserting before a COVID–19 vaccine, COVID–19 treatment, ; and or pregnancy-related assistance by striking visits described in section 1916(a)(2)(G), or and inserting services described in section 1916(a)(2)(G), vaccines described in section 1916(a)(2)(H), items or services described in section 1916(a)(2)(I), or . Section 1937 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396u–7 ) is amended— in subsection (a)(1)(B), by inserting , under subclause (XXIII) of section 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii), after section 1902(a)(10)(A)(i) ; and in subsection (b)(5), by adding before the period the following: , and, effective on the date of the enactment of the Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act, must comply with subparagraphs

(F)through

(I)of subsections (a)(2) and (b)(2) of sections 1916 and 1916A . The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act and shall apply with respect to a COVID–19 vaccine beginning on the date that such vaccine is licensed under section 351 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 262 ).

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