US Congress Senate Bill 3769 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: Introduced on May 19 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-05-19 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Authorizes a state's public health department, or another entity designated by the state's governor, to approve a diagnostic test or diagnostic device (e.g., a test for the virus that causes COVID-19, or coronavirus disease 2019) for use during a public health emergency. Unless requested by the governor of the state, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) must not, during the emergency, engage in certain enforcement actions related to such a test or device. Not later than 180 days following the end of the public health emergency, the FDA must review and make a final determination concerning approval of the test or device.

Right to Test Act

Sen. Ted Cruz [R-TX]

Sen. Mike Braun [R-IN]

Sen. Kelly Loeffler [R-GA]

Sen. Mike Lee [R-UT]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-05-19	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HB7017 (Same As) 2020-05-26 - Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
SB4537 (Related) 2020-09-08 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/3769/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s3769/BILLS-116s3769is.pdf