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S 880 107th Congress Senate Health Coinsurance Employee health benefits Finance and Financial Sector Health insurance Hospital care Immunosuppressive drugs Insurance premiums Kidney diseases Labor and Employment Medicare Social Welfare Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.

Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage Act of 2001

Introduced: May 15, 2001 See on congress.gov
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May 15, 2001
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4943)
May 15, 2001
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4942)
May 15, 2001
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage Act of 2001 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to: (1) continue entitlement to prescription drugs used in immunosuppressive therapy furnished to an individual who receives a kidney transplant for which payment is made under Medicare; and (2) extend Medicare secondary payer requirements for end stage renal disease beneficiaries.

Amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code to set forth requirements for group health plans to provide coverage of immunosuppressive drugs.

What's happening now May 15, 2001

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4943)

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1839 Identical bill Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage Act of 2001
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Jun 12, 2001
 R
Collins, Susan M.
Maine · May 17, 2001
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 880: Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage Act of 2001. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-880/
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"S. 880: Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage Act of 2001." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-880/.
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