Securing Affordable Vaccines Equally for Seniors Act

H.R. 8623 · 116th Congress · Oct 16, 2020 · Lineage

A BILL

To amend the CARES Act to clarify the inclusion of certain COVID–19 vaccines covered under the Medicare program without any cost sharing.

1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Securing Affordable Vaccines Equally for Seniors Act” or the “SAVE for Seniors Act”.

2. Effective date of Medicare coverage of COVID–19 vaccines without any cost sharing

Effective as if included in the enactment of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136; 42 U.S.C. 13951), section 3713(d) of such Act is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: “or authorized for emergency use under section 564 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 360bbb–3)”.

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Oct 16, 2020viewing Introduced in House Ms. Spanberger (for herself, Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Ms. Houlahan, and Ms. Slotkin) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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

Securing Affordable Vaccines Equally for Seniors Act

1. Short title

2. Effective date of Medicare coverage of COVID–19 vaccines without any cost sharing

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