IMPROVE Act
Summary
Improving Medicare Patients with RNHCI Options to Vaccinate Easily Act or the IMPROVE Act This bill specifies that individuals who elect to receive services in religious nonmedical health care institutions (RNHCIs) may receive COVID-19 vaccines under Medicare. Specifically, an individual's receipt of a COVID-19 vaccine does not revoke the individual's election to receive services in RNHCIs under Medicare; an individual who's election was revoked due to the receipt of a COVID-19 vaccine prior to the bill's date of enactment may immediately reelect to receive services in RNHCIs under Medicare.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Sep 2022
Committee Review
Senate Passage
Sep 2022
House Passage
President
Introduced Sep 20, 2022
Last action Sep 21, 2022
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
6
Key actions
1
Committee
0
Sep 20, 2022
Introduced
Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S4871-4872; text: CR S4871-4872)
upper
Sep 20, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Voice Vote.
upper
Sep 20, 2022
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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