HR 8693 United States House · 117th Congress

No Cost for Monkeypox Testing Act of 2022

Summary

No Cost for Monkeypox Testing Act of 2022 This bill requires specified public health care programs and private health insurance to cover, through December 31, 2023, testing for monkeypox without imposing cost-sharing, including deductibles, coinsurance, and copayments. (Monkeypox is a viral disease that is endemic to parts of Africa and causes symptoms similar to, but less severe than, smallpox.) The bill also establishes procedures for uninsured individuals to access such testing at no cost.

Issues: ✓ Healthcare

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

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Aug 2022

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Introduced Aug 9, 2022 Last action Aug 9, 2022

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Aug 9, 2022

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Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Armed Services, Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Reform, and Natural Resources, 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.

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Aug 9, 2022

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1 primary · 25 co-sponsors