HR 1388
106th Congress
House
Health
Cancer
Clinical trials
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Medical economics
Medicare
Social Welfare
Medicare Cancer Clinical Trial Coverage Act of 1999
Introduced: April 13, 1999
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
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
Plain-English summary
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
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Committees of jurisdiction
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