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107th Congress
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Access to Innovation for Medicare Patients Act of 2001
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 15, 2001
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mar 15, 2001
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2409)
Mar 15, 2001
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Access to Innovation for Medicare Patients Act of 2001 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000, to provide for Medicare coverage of self-injected biologicals approved by the Food and Drug Administration that are prescribed as a complete replacement for a drug or a biological that otherwise cannot be self-administered.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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