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Medicare Cancer Clinical Trial Coverage Act of 1997

Introduced: May 15, 1997 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
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Passed Senate
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May 21, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
May 20, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 15, 1997
Referred to House Commerce
May 15, 1997
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Commerce, 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.
May 15, 1997
Referred to House Ways and Means
May 15, 1997
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medicare Cancer Clinical Trial Coverage Act of 1997 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a demonstration project which provides for payment under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act of routine patient care costs for Medicare beneficiaries with cancer who are enrolled in an approved clinical trial program, while still applying the beneficiary cost sharing provisions of such program to project participants.

Directs the Secretary to study and report to the Congress on the impact on Medicare of covering such costs as well as the cost of extending routine patient care coverage to Medicare beneficiaries with a diagnosis other than cancer.

What's happening now May 21, 1997

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 10
All 10 Democratic 8 Republican 2
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Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Oct 2, 1998
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jul 17, 1998
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Nadler, Jerrold
New York · May 6, 1998
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Oct 29, 1997
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · Jul 28, 1997
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jul 28, 1997
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Jun 10, 1997
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · May 15, 1997
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · May 15, 1997
 D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · May 15, 1997
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1628: Medicare Cancer Clinical Trial Coverage Act of 1997. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-1628/
MLA
"H.R. 1628: Medicare Cancer Clinical Trial Coverage Act of 1997." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-1628/.
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H.R. 1628, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-1628/.
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