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HR 1032 108th Congress House

Beneficiary Access to Care Act of 2003

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for special treatment for certain drugs and biologicals under the prospective payment system for hos… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for special treatment for certain drugs and biologicals under the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services under the Medicare Program.

Introduced: May 22, 2003 See on congress.gov
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It never became law before the 108th Congress (2003–2004) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Mar 10, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 27, 2003
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.
Feb 27, 2003
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 10, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Beneficiary Access to Care Act of 2003 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services (OPD) to: (1) require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to treat as a separate group of covered OPD services any drug or biological that was treated as such a group as of December 31, 2002, and any drug or biological that has ceased to be eligible for transitional, pass-through payments by reason of the limited period of payment specified; and (2) add special rules for 2004 for the calculation of Medicare OPD fee schedule amounts, among other payment-related changes.

Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on pharmacy services used to provide cancer drug therapies in hospital outpatient setting.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1
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Case, Ed
Hawaii · May 22, 2003
MCINNIS, SCOTT
· May 15, 2003
CRANE, PHILIP
· Apr 30, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1032: Beneficiary Access to Care Act of 2003. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-1032/
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"H.R. 1032: Beneficiary Access to Care Act of 2003." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-1032/.
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H.R. 1032, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-1032/.
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