S 381
105th Congress
Senate
Health
Cancer
Clinical trials
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Medical economics
Medicare
Social Welfare
Medicare Cancer Clinical Trial Coverage Act of 1997
Introduced: February 27, 1997
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Became law
Feb 27, 1997
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Feb 27, 1997
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1761-1762)
Feb 27, 1997
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1