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S 178 108th Congress Senate

Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Transplant Patients Act of 2003

Official title: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide adequate coverage for immunosuppressive drugs furnished to beneficiaries under the medicare p… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide adequate coverage for immunosuppressive drugs furnished to beneficiaries under the medicare program that have received an organ transplant.

Introduced: January 16, 2003 Introduced by: Durbin, Richard J. Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
Health CoinsuranceEmployee health benefitsFinance and Financial SectorHealth insurance
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Hospital careImmunosuppressive drugsInsurance premiumsKidney diseasesLabor and EmploymentMedicareSocial WelfareTransplantation of organs, tissues, etc.
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Jan 16, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1071-1072)
Jan 16, 2003
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1071)
Jan 16, 2003
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 Latest action January 16, 2003

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1071-1072)

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Transplant Patients Act of 2003 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA), as amended by the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000, to remove time limitations on the coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for individuals who have received organ transplants. (Current law provides coverage for such drugs only for certain time periods after the transplant procedure.)

Amends SSA title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) to: (1) continue entitlement to prescription drugs used in immunosuppressive therapy furnished to an individual who receives a kidney or other organ transplant for which payment is made under Medicare; and (2) extend Medicare secondary payer requirements for end stage renal disease beneficiaries.

Amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and the Internal Revenue Code to set forth requirements for group health plans to provide coverage of immunosuppressive drugs.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 2223 Identical bill Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Transplant Patients Act of 2003
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Murray, Patty
Washington · Jun 18, 2004
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 178: Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Transplant Patients Act of 2003. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-178/
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"S. 178: Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Transplant Patients Act of 2003." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-178/.
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S. 178, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-178/.
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