S 1304
107th Congress
Senate
Health
Drug therapy
Kidney diseases
Medicare
Social Welfare
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage under the medicare program of oral drugs to reduce serum phosphate levels in dialysis patients with end-stage renal disease.
Introduced: August 2, 2001
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Became law
Aug 2, 2001
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Aug 2, 2001
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 8/3/2001 S8710)
Aug 2, 2001
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA), as amended by the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000, to provide Medicare coverage of certain oral drugs for reducing serum phosphate levels in dialysis patients with end-stage renal disease.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1