2020 House Bill 5631

Include coronavirus treatment and more in Medicaid benefits

Introduced in the House

March 12, 2020

Introduced by Rep. Abdullah Hammoud (D-15)

To include coronavirus treatment costs among those the state Medicaid and other social welfare programs will pay for, including doctor visits, diagnosis, prescribed treatment by telemedicine, hospitalizations, drugs, vaccines, lab tests, hand sanitizer and face masks, plus the costs of quarantine, detention or isolation by any governmental entity.

Referred to the Committee on Health Policy