Proposed
Bill · 119th Congress · HR 5139
EPIPEN Act
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Introduced 2025-09-04Topic: health careSummary
AI-generated summary, report an errorThis bill would require group health plans and companies selling group or individual health insurance to cover epinephrine delivery systems, such as auto-injectors, nasal sprays, and under-the-tongue products approved by the Food and Drug Administration. Plans could not make patients meet a deductible before covering these products. Patients' cost sharing could not be more than $60 for a package of two (or the equivalent), and those payments would count toward the plan's deductible and out-of-pocket maximum. Plans with provider networks would not have to cover these products from out-of-network providers and could charge more for them. The rules would apply to plan years starting on or after January 1, 2026.
Sponsors
- Maxwell Frost Democrat sponsor
- 1 cosponsors
Action history
| Date | Chamber | Action | Status effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-04 | House | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, and Ways and Means, 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. | refer |
| 2025-09-04 | House | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, and Ways and Means, 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. | refer |
| 2025-09-04 | House | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, and Ways and Means, 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. | refer |
| 2025-09-04 | Introduced in House | introduce | |
| 2025-09-04 | Introduced in House | introduce |