HR 5501
106th Congress
House
Health
Drugs
Medicare
Social Welfare
Medicare Drug Uniform Coverage Act of 2000
Introduced: October 19, 2000
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 25, 2000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Oct 19, 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.
Oct 19, 2000
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Medicare Drug Uniform Coverage Act of 2000 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to include as covered services and supplies any drugs and biologicals which are not usually self-administered by intravenous infusion or subcutaneous injection by the patient (currently, drugs and biologicals which cannot, as determined in accordance with regulations, be self-administered).
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Committees of jurisdiction
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