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HR 1624 107th Congress House

Access to Cancer Therapies Act of 2001

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage under the Medicare Program of all oral anticancer drugs.

Introduced: May 25, 2001 See on congress.gov
Health CancerChemotherapyDrug therapyMedicareSocial Welfare
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 8, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 3, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 26, 2001
Referred to the Committee on Energy and 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 26, 2001
Introduced in House
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 Latest action May 8, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Access to Cancer Therapies Act of 2001 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to extend Medicare coverage to all oral drugs prescribed for use as an anticancer agent for a medically accepted indication.
 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 913 Identical bill Access to Cancer Therapies Act of 2001
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 63
All 63 Democratic 28 Republican 11 Independent 1
DOOLEY, CAL
· Sep 13, 2002
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Sep 10, 2002
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Jul 25, 2002
TURNER, JIM
· Jul 25, 2002
OSE, DOUG
· Jun 21, 2002
 R
Simpson, Michael K.
Idaho · Jun 12, 2002
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Jun 4, 2002
HOEFFEL, JOSEPH
· Jun 4, 2002
 D
Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · May 22, 2002
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · May 22, 2002
 D
Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · May 14, 2002
 D
Larsen, Rick
Washington · May 14, 2002
SANDLIN, MAX
· May 14, 2002
 R
Graham, Lindsey
South Carolina · May 2, 2002
 R
Thune, John
South Dakota · May 2, 2002
Vitter, David
· May 2, 2002
MCCARTHY, KAREN
· Apr 24, 2002
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Apr 24, 2002
 D
Sherman, Brad
California · Apr 24, 2002
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Apr 9, 2002
JOHN, CHRISTOPHER
· Mar 12, 2002
 R
Issa, Darrell
California · Feb 27, 2002
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Feb 27, 2002
 R
Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Feb 6, 2002
 R
Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Oct 30, 2001
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Oct 9, 2001
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Sep 6, 2001
LUCAS, KEN
· Sep 6, 2001
HOUGHTON, AMO
· Jul 31, 2001
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jul 31, 2001
 R
Sessions, Pete
Texas · Jul 26, 2001
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Jul 24, 2001
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Jul 24, 2001
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Jul 20, 2001
 R
Moran, Jerry
Kansas · Jul 17, 2001
CARSON, BRAD
· Jul 12, 2001
Watson, Diane
· Jul 10, 2001
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Jun 25, 2001
DeMint, James
· Jun 25, 2001
GREENWOOD, JAMES
· Jun 25, 2001
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Jun 25, 2001
LIPINSKI, WILLIAM
· Jun 19, 2001
DEUTSCH, PETER
· Jun 13, 2001
DUNN, JENNIFER
· Jun 13, 2001
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Jun 13, 2001
SCHROCK, EDWARD
· Jun 13, 2001
CHRISTENSEN, DONNA
· Jun 5, 2001
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Jun 5, 2001
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jun 5, 2001
QUINN, JACK
· Jun 5, 2001
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1624: Access to Cancer Therapies Act of 2001. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-1624/
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"H.R. 1624: Access to Cancer Therapies Act of 2001." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-1624/.
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H.R. 1624, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-1624/.
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