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Medicare Cancer Coverage Improvement Act of 1991

Introduced: November 20, 1991 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 14, 1992
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Nov 25, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Nov 20, 1991
Introduced in House
Nov 20, 1991
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Nov 20, 1991
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medicare Cancer Coverage Improvement Act of 1991 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover: (1) any use of a drug in an anticancer chemotherapeutic regimen if such use has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration, published in peer-review medical literature, or included in one or more of three specified medical compendia; and (2) an oral form of a drug prescribed for such a use in an anticancer chemotherapeutic regimen if the drug contains the same active ingredients as a drug that would be covered if administered as incident to a physician's service.

Requires a study and report to specified congressional committees on Medicare coverage of patient care costs associated with clinical trials of new cancer therapies.

What's happening now January 14, 1992

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1996 Identical bill Medicare Cancer Coverage Improvement Act of 1991
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 4 Republican 1 Independent 1
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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Sep 23, 1992
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Mar 25, 1992
 D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Feb 4, 1992
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 4, 1992
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Feb 4, 1992
 R
Rogers, Harold
Kentucky · Feb 4, 1992
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3826: Medicare Cancer Coverage Improvement Act of 1991. 102nd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-3826/
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"H.R. 3826: Medicare Cancer Coverage Improvement Act of 1991." 102nd Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-3826/.
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H.R. 3826, 102nd Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-3826/.
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