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HR 1458 111th Congress House

Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act of 2009

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide continued entitlement to coverage for immunosuppressive drugs furnished to beneficiaries under the M… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide continued entitlement to coverage for immunosuppressive drugs furnished to beneficiaries under the Medicare Program that have received a kidney transplant and whose entitlement to coverage would otherwise expire, and for other purposes.

Introduced: November 16, 2010 See on congress.gov
Health Digestive and metabolic diseasesDrug therapyHealth care costs and insuranceImmunology and vaccination
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 29, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Mar 16, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 12, 2009
Referred to House Education and Labor
Mar 12, 2009
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Mar 12, 2009
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Education and Labor, 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 12, 2009
Referred to House Ways and Means
Mar 12, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 29, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act of 2009 - 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 transplant for which payment is made under Medicare; and (2) extend Medicare secondary payer requirements for end stage renal disease (ESRD) beneficiaries.

Amends title XVIII (Medicare ) of SSA to apply special rules to kidney transplant recipients receiving additional coverage for immunosuppressive drugs. Deems such individual to be enrolled under Medicare part B and makes the individual responsible for the full amount of the applicable premiums. Applies deductible and coinsurance requirements to the provision of such drugs.

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 for kidney transplant patients.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 27
All 27 Democratic 19 Republican 5
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Nov 16, 2010
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Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Sep 29, 2010
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Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Aug 10, 2010
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Lofgren, Zoe
California · Apr 22, 2010
Schauer, Mark
· Mar 12, 2010
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McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Mar 3, 2010
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Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Dec 9, 2009
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Smith, Adam
Washington · Oct 20, 2009
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Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Jul 17, 2009
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Scalise, Steve
Louisiana · Jul 16, 2009
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Carson, André
Indiana · Jul 14, 2009
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Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Jul 10, 2009
Lee, Christopher
· Jul 8, 2009
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Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Jul 8, 2009
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Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Jun 26, 2009
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Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Jun 25, 2009
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Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Jun 23, 2009
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Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Jun 23, 2009
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Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Jun 18, 2009
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Peters, Gary C.
Michigan · Jun 17, 2009
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Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Jun 17, 2009
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Cassidy, Bill
Louisiana · Jun 10, 2009
Wilson, Charles
· May 7, 2009
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DeGette, Diana
Colorado · May 6, 2009
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Costa, Jim
California · Apr 29, 2009
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Schiff, Adam B.
California · Mar 30, 2009
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Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Mar 16, 2009
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1458: Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1458/
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"H.R. 1458: Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1458/.
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H.R. 1458, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1458/.
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