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Access to Cancer Clinical Trials Act of 2003
Introduced: May 7, 2003
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Everywhere this bill has been
5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 27, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
May 20, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 14, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 7, 2003
Introduced in House
May 7, 2003
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and 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.
Plain-English summary
Access to Cancer Clinical Trials Act of 2003 - Amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and the Internal Revenue Code to provide coverage for qualified individuals participating in approved cancer clinical trials if a group health plan or an issuer offering health insurance coverage in connection with a group health plan or in the individual market otherwise provides coverage to such an individual.
Directs the Secretaries of Health and Human Services (HHS), of Labor, and of the Treasury to: (1) analyze cancer clinical research and its cost implications for managed care; and (2) report to Congress an assessment of any incremental cost to group health plans resulting from this Act and any recommendations regarding action on other diseases.
Requires the Secretaries of Labor, of the Treasury, and of HHS to ensure coordinated administration of this Act.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Cosponsors
1