Proposed
Bill · 119th Congress · HR 7189
PrEP Access Act
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Introduced 2026-01-21Topic: health care · public healthSummary
AI-generated summary, report an errorThis bill would add HIV prevention services provided by pharmacists to the services covered under Medicare Part B. Covered services would include evaluation, screening, counseling, giving medication, and lab tests related to PrEP, PEP, and other HIV prevention methods, as long as state law allows the pharmacist to provide them. Medicare would pay 80 percent of the lower of the actual charge or 85 percent of the physician fee schedule amount. Pharmacists would be barred from billing patients beyond allowed amounts, and the changes would apply to services provided on or after January 1, 2027.
Sponsors
- Mark Pocan Democrat sponsor
- 21 cosponsors
Action history
| Date | Chamber | Action | Status effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-21 | House | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 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 |
| 2026-01-21 | House | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 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 |
| 2026-01-21 | Introduced in House | introduce | |
| 2026-01-21 | Introduced in House | introduce |