HR 1018
105th Congress
House
Health
Administrative procedure
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug therapy
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Medicare
Multiple sclerosis
Social Welfare
Multiple Sclerosis Treatment Act of 1997
Introduced: March 11, 1997
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Everywhere this bill has been
6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 21, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 21, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Mar 11, 1997
Referred to House Ways and Means
Mar 11, 1997
Referred to the Committee on 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.
Mar 11, 1997
Referred to House Commerce
Mar 11, 1997
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Multiple Sclerosis Treatment Act of 1997 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide coverage under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of certain self-administered beta interferons and other drugs and biologicals approved by the Food and Drug Administration for treatment of multiple sclerosis for patients with that disease.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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