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HR 4149 106th Congress House Health Drugs Medicare Social Welfare

Medicare Drug Coverage Preservation Act of 2000

Introduced: April 3, 2000 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Became law
Apr 11, 2000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Apr 10, 2000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 3, 2000
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.
Apr 3, 2000
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Medicare Drug Coverage Preservation Act of 2000 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to include within the definition of "medical and other health services," for purposes of coverage, drugs and biologicals which are not usually self-administered by the patient (currently, drugs and biologicals which cannot, as determined in accordance with regulations, be self-administered).
What's happening now April 11, 2000

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 4 Republican 2
D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jul 10, 2000
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Jul 10, 2000
 D
Sherman, Brad
California · Jun 12, 2000
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Jun 6, 2000
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · May 18, 2000
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Apr 10, 2000
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4149: Medicare Drug Coverage Preservation Act of 2000. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-4149/
MLA
"H.R. 4149: Medicare Drug Coverage Preservation Act of 2000." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-4149/.
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H.R. 4149, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-4149/.
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