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HR 1288 108th Congress House Health Cancer Chemotherapy Drug therapy Medicare Social Welfare

Access to Cancer Therapies Act of 2003

Introduced: March 13, 2003 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 24, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 17, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 13, 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.
Mar 13, 2003
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Access to Cancer Therapies Act of 2003 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to extend Medicare coverage to all oral drugs prescribed for use as an anticancer agent for a medically accepted indication.
What's happening now March 24, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1037 Identical bill Access to Cancer Therapies Act of 2003
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 28
All 28 Democratic 20 Republican 7 Independent 1
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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Sep 24, 2003
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Larsen, Rick
Washington · Sep 11, 2003
 R
Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Sep 11, 2003
 R
Sessions, Pete
Texas · Jul 24, 2003
 R
Moran, Jerry
Kansas · Jul 8, 2003
 D
Case, Ed
Hawaii · Jun 19, 2003
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jun 19, 2003
 D
Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · Jun 11, 2003
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Jun 11, 2003
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · May 20, 2003
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · May 13, 2003
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · May 13, 2003
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · May 13, 2003
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · May 8, 2003
 D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · May 7, 2003
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Apr 10, 2003
 R
Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Apr 10, 2003
 D
Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Mar 27, 2003
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Mar 20, 2003
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Mar 20, 2003
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Mar 20, 2003
 R
Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Mar 18, 2003
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Mar 18, 2003
 R
Lucas, Frank D.
Oklahoma · Mar 18, 2003
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Mar 18, 2003
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Mar 13, 2003
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Mar 13, 2003
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Mar 13, 2003
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1288: Access to Cancer Therapies Act of 2003. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-1288/
MLA
"H.R. 1288: Access to Cancer Therapies Act of 2003." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-1288/.
Bluebook (legal)
H.R. 1288, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-1288/.
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