Sec. 4203. Rapid coverage of preventive services and vaccines for coronavirus

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Notwithstanding 2713(b) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300gg–13 ), the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Labor, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall require group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group or individual health insurance to cover any qualifying coronavirus preventive service, pursuant to section 2713(a) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300gg–13(a) ). The requirement described in this subsection shall take effect with respect to a qualifying coronavirus prevention service on the specified date described in subsection (b)(2).

For purposes of this section: The term qualifying coronavirus preventive service means an item, service, or immunization that is intended to prevent or mitigate coronavirus disease 2019 and that is— an evidence-based item or service that has in effect a rating of A or B in the current recommendations of the United States Preventive Services Task Force; or an immunization that has in effect a recommendation from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with respect to the individual involved.

The term specified date means the date that is 15 business days after the date on which a recommendation is made relating to the immunization as described in such paragraph. In this section, the terms group health plan , health insurance issuer , group health insurance coverage , and individual health insurance coverage have the meanings given such terms in section 2791 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300gg–91 ).

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Rapid coverage of preventive services and vaccines for coronavirus

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