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H.R. 7213: Equitable Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act

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H.R. 7213: Equitable Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act

117th Congress · introduced 2022-03-24 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2022-03-24 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Equitable Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act

Plain summary

Equitable Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act This bill expands Medicare coverage to permanently include services provided by a pharmacist, including incidental services and supplies, related to testing, drug regimens, and vaccines for COVID-19, influenza, and certain other illnesses. Specifically, the bill provides for continued coverage of pharmacist services relating to testing and vaccines for COVID-19 and influenza, as well as coverage of testing for respiratory syncytial virus and streptococcal pharyngitis (i.e., strep throat) and the initiation of drug regimens that are used to treat COVID-19, influenza, or strep throat. It also generally provides for coverage of pharmacist services during a public health emergency or to address health equity. A pharmacist, or the facility with which the pharmacist is contracted or employed, may present a claim for reimbursement of 85% (or 100% during a declared emergency) of the applicable amount. A pharmacist may not bill an individual for such a service other than for the applicable deductible or coinsurance amounts.

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Official text

Equitable Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3] · 59 cosponsors

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Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL), Don Bacon (R-NE), Deborah K. Ross (D-NC), Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Darren Soto (D-FL), John R. Curtis (R-UT), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Peter Welch (D-VT), Shontel M. Brown (D-OH), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Marc A. Veasey (D-TX), Angie Craig (D-MN), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Mike Bost (R-IL), David G. Valadao (R-CA), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Young Kim (R-CA), Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Sean Casten (D-IL), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Nancy Mace (R-SC), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Robin L. Kelly (D-IL), James A. Himes (D-CT), John H. Rutherford (R-FL), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA)

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Record fed-us-cong117-hr7213 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117