118th Congress Health
S. 2477: Equitable Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act
Introduced
- Introduced (completed)
- Passed Senate (not reached)
- Passed House (not reached)
- To the President (not reached)
- Became law (not reached)
Summary
This bill expands Medicare coverage to permanently include services provided by a pharmacist, including incidental services and supplies, related to testing, vaccines, and treatment for COVID-19, influenza, and certain other illnesses.
Specifically, the bill provides for continued coverage of pharmacist services relating to evaluation and management of patients for testing and treatment for COVID-19, influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), or streptococcal pharyngitis (strep throat), as well as vaccines for pneumococcal disease, COVID-19, influenza, or hepatitis B. It also generally provides for coverage of pharmacist services during a public health emergency.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Mark Warner D-VAOriginal
- Sherrod Brown D-OH
- Timothy Kaine D-VA
- Amy Klobuchar D-MN
- Mike Rounds R-SD
- Steve Daines R-MT
- Tammy Duckworth D-IL
- Markwayne Mullin R-OK
- Kevin Cramer R-ND
- Jon Tester D-MT
- Susan Collins R-ME
- Jerry Moran R-KS
- Gary Peters D-MI
- Catherine Cortez Masto D-NV
- Shelley Capito R-WV
- Sheldon Whitehouse D-RI
- Christopher Coons D-DE
- Lisa Murkowski R-AK
- James Lankford R-OK
- Peter Welch D-VT
- Martin Heinrich D-NM
- Dan Sullivan R-AK
- Margaret Hassan D-NH
- Thom Tillis R-NC
- Michael Bennet D-CO
- Deb Fischer R-NE
- Elizabeth Warren D-MA
- Jeanne Shaheen D-NH
- Jeff Merkley D-OR
Who scored on this bill
- 1John Thune SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced, reached a cosponsor milestone3 events+12
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History
- Introduced in the Senate by John Thune.
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- Introduced in Senate
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.