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S 913 107th Congress Senate Health Cancer Chemotherapy Drug therapy Medicare Social Welfare

Access to Cancer Therapies Act of 2001

Introduced: May 17, 2001 See on congress.gov
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Became law
May 17, 2001
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 17, 2001
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5125-5126)
May 17, 2001
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Access to Cancer Therapies Act of 2001 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to extend Medicare coverage to all oral drugs prescribed for use as an anticancer agent for a medically accepted indication.
What's happening now May 17, 2001

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1624 Identical bill Access to Cancer Therapies Act of 2001
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 4 Republican 2
R
Crapo, Mike
Idaho · Jun 5, 2002
 D
Reed, Jack
Rhode Island · May 7, 2002
 D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · May 2, 2002
 D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · May 2, 2002
 D
Cantwell, Maria
Washington · Sep 12, 2001
 R
Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Jun 28, 2001
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 913: Access to Cancer Therapies Act of 2001. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-913/
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"S. 913: Access to Cancer Therapies Act of 2001." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-913/.
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S. 913, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-913/.
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