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Terminally Ill Access to Treatment Act of 1996

Introduced: March 21, 1996 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 29, 1996
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Mar 21, 1996
Referred to the House Committee on Commerce.
Mar 21, 1996
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Terminally Ill Access to Treatment Act of 1996 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to approve, for treating the terminally ill only, drugs and devices that have not received final approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and that have not been shown to be unsafe. Declares that it is not illegal for a health care practitioner to administer a drug or device approved under this Act to a terminally ill patient if the practitioner has notified the patient that the drug or device is not FDA-approved and is experimental and if the practitioner has received written approval from the patient or the patient's representative. Requires a practitioner to report acute harm done by such a drug or device. Requires the Secretary to give public notice of the benefits and harm caused by such a drug or device.

What's happening now March 29, 1996

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · May 1, 1996
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3149: Terminally Ill Access to Treatment Act of 1996. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-3149/
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"H.R. 3149: Terminally Ill Access to Treatment Act of 1996." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-3149/.
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