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HR 2892 106th Congress House Health Drug therapy Drugs Medicare Social Welfare

Access to Innovation for Medicare Patients Act of 1999

Introduced: September 21, 1999 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Oct 8, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Sep 27, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sep 21, 1999
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
Sep 21, 1999
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Access to Innovation for Medicare Patients Act of 1999 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage of self-injected biologicals approved by the Food and Drug Administration that are prescribed for use in the treatment of the same disease or medical condition in lieu of a drug or biological which cannot be self-administered.
What's happening now October 8, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 5 Republican 1
D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Jul 13, 2000
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · May 25, 2000
 R
Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · May 11, 2000
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Mar 30, 2000
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Mar 9, 2000
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Sep 21, 1999
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2892: Access to Innovation for Medicare Patients Act of 1999. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-2892/
MLA
"H.R. 2892: Access to Innovation for Medicare Patients Act of 1999." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-2892/.
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H.R. 2892, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-2892/.
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