HR 6851 United States House · 117th Congress

No Surprises for COVID–19 Tests Act

Summary

No Surprises for COVID-19 Tests Act This bill extends the temporary period during which private health insurance plans must cover testing and related services for COVID-19 without cost sharing. It also temporarily applies certain consumer protections against surprise billing to such testing and related services. Finally, beginning on May 1, 2022, insurance plans without a negotiated price for COVID-19 testing services are no longer required to pay providers the published cash price for such services.

Issues: ✓ Healthcare

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2022

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Introduced Feb 25, 2022 Last action Feb 28, 2022

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Committee

Feb 28, 2022

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

lower

Feb 25, 2022

Committee

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education 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.

lower

Feb 25, 2022

Introduced

Introduced in House

lower

1 primary · 2 co-sponsors