Vaccine Transportation Access Act

This bill would require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to give grants to nonprofit community organizations to help people in low-income, minority, or other communities where transportation is a barrier get to vaccine appointments. The Secretary would work through state health agencies and transfer program funds to them. Grants would last at least 6 months and could pay for scheduled or on-demand rides and for trips to and from public transit. Grantees would report on performance, and the Secretary would report to Congress each year. The bill would also have the federal government pay 100 percent of Medicaid nonemergency transportation costs for getting enrollees to eligible vaccines.

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Sponsors

• Nanette Diaz Barragán Democrat sponsor
• 12 cosponsors