HR 980
108th Congress
House
Health
Drug therapy
Drugs
Medical innovations
Medicare
Social Welfare
Access to Innovation for Medicare Patients Act of 2003
Introduced: February 27, 2003
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
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
Plain-English summary
Access to Innovation for Medicare Patients Act of 2003 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage of self-injected biologicals approved by the Food and Drug Administration that are prescribed as a complete replacement for a drug or a biological that otherwise cannot be self-administered.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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