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Medicare Cancer Clinical Trial Coverage Act of 1999

Introduced: April 13, 1999 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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May 5, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Apr 21, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 13, 1999
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.
Apr 13, 1999
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medicare Cancer Clinical Trial Coverage Act of 1999 - 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 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 5, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 784 Identical bill Medicare Cancer Clinical Trial Coverage Act of 1999
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 20
All 20 Democratic 16 Republican 3 Independent 1
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Lofgren, Zoe
California · Jun 9, 2000
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Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · May 18, 2000
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Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · May 11, 2000
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DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Mar 30, 2000
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · Feb 8, 2000
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Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Jun 25, 1999
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Jun 25, 1999
 R
Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Jun 25, 1999
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Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Jun 10, 1999
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Jun 7, 1999
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Jun 7, 1999
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Pelosi, Nancy
California · Jun 7, 1999
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Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Jun 7, 1999
 D
Sherman, Brad
California · Jun 7, 1999
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Jun 7, 1999
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Jun 7, 1999
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DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · May 20, 1999
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McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · May 6, 1999
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Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Apr 29, 1999
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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Apr 13, 1999
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1388: Medicare Cancer Clinical Trial Coverage Act of 1999. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-1388/
MLA
"H.R. 1388: Medicare Cancer Clinical Trial Coverage Act of 1999." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-1388/.
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H.R. 1388, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-1388/.
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