HR 2009 105th Congress House

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Research, Treatment, and Assistance Act of 1997

Official title: To amend the Social Security Act to waive the 24 month waiting period for Medicare coverage of individuals disabled with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), t… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Social Security Act to waive the 24 month waiting period for Medicare coverage of individuals disabled with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), to provide Medicare coverage of drugs used for treatment of ALS, and to amend the Public Health Service Act to increase Federal funding for research on ALS.

Introduced: July 31, 1997 See on congress.gov

Health Department of Health and Human ServicesDisabledDrug therapyEconomics and Public Finance

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Federal aid to medical researchGovernment Operations and PoliticsMedicareMuscular diseasesNervous system diseasesOld age, survivors and disability insuranceResearch centersScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSocial security eligibility

Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps

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Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Jun 26, 1997

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

Jun 25, 1997

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Jun 23, 1997

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1298)

Jun 23, 1997

Referred to House Ways and Means

Jun 23, 1997

Referred to House Commerce

Jun 23, 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.

Jun 23, 1997

Introduced in House

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Latest action June 26, 1997

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

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Research, Treatment, and Assistance Act of 1997 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to provide for a waiver of the 24-month waiting period for Medicare coverage for individuals disabled by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease.

Amends SSA title XVIII (Medicare) to provide for Medicare coverage of any drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use in the treatment or alleviation of ALS-related symptoms.

Authorizes appropriations, in addition to any already available, for ALS research through the National Institutes of Health.

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Committees of jurisdiction 4

Energy and Commerce Committee
House of Representatives
Health and Environment Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Energy and Commerce Committee
Health Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Ways and Means Committee
Ways and Means Committee
House of Representatives

Cosponsors 21

Sherman, Brad

California · Sep 14, 1998

JOHN, CHRISTOPHER

· Jun 17, 1998

Schumer, Charles E.

New York · May 21, 1998

Markey, Edward J.

Massachusetts · May 18, 1998

MCCARTHY, KAREN

· May 18, 1998

Sanders, Bernard

Vermont · May 14, 1998

LIPINSKI, WILLIAM

· May 12, 1998

Calvert, Ken

California · Apr 23, 1998

Norton, Eleanor Holmes

District of Columbia · Mar 24, 1998

McGovern, James P.

Massachusetts · Feb 4, 1998

Neal, Richard E.

Massachusetts · Feb 4, 1998

Pelosi, Nancy

California · Jan 28, 1998

LAMPSON, NICK

· Nov 13, 1997

DeGette, Diana

Colorado · Oct 28, 1997

Graham, Lindsey

South Carolina · Oct 28, 1997

Pallone, Frank

New Jersey · Oct 21, 1997

California · Jul 21, 1997

Nadler, Jerrold

New York · Jul 21, 1997

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