To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish requirements with respect to cost sharing for epinephrine injectors under group health plans and group and individual health insurance coverage.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish requirements with respect to cost sharing for epinephrine injectors under group health plans and group and individual health insurance coverage., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Finance, Agriculture.
Who Benefits and How
health care providers and patients may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, health care providers and patients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H86C9DCA03D5746539AAE9446B51EF7C4: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Epinephrine’s Pharma Inflated Price Ends Now Act or the EPIPEN Act.
- Section H88C8AE256018446A8DE4CBED30AB4EC7: 2. Requirements with respect to cost sharing for epinephrine injectors Part D of title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg–111 et seq.) is...
- Section H0E6FE28265CB43DABCDD6C7375C68634: 2799A–11. Requirements with respect to cost sharing for epinephrine injectors A group health plan, and a health insurance issuer offering group or individual...
- Section H9344BB0A69284DBC81AF6CF9EE1257AE: 726. Requirements with respect to cost sharing for epinephrine injectors A group health plan, and a health insurance issuer offering group health insurance...
- Section HB3AB9287EEB74D0CBD59B08D1AB0FAC9: 9826. Requirements with respect to cost sharing for epinephrine injectors A group health plan shall provide coverage of epinephrine injectors, and with respect...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish requirements with respect to cost sharing for epinephrine injectors under group health plans and group and individual health insurance coverage., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare, Finance, Agriculture
Primary Purpose
This bill, To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish requirements with respect to cost sharing for epinephrine injectors under group health plans and group and individual health insurance coverage., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- health care providers and patients
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- health care providers and patients
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Frost (for himself and Ms. Matsui) introduced the following …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "federal_implementing_agencies"
- → Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
an auto-injector approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the administration of epinephrine.. A group health plan shall provide coverage of epinephrine injectors, and with respect to such injectors, may not— apply any deductible
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