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Medicare Patient Safeguards Act of 2009

Introduced: July 28, 2009 See on congress.gov
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Became law
Jul 29, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 28, 2009
Referred to House Ways and Means
Jul 28, 2009
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.
Jul 28, 2009
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Jul 28, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medicare Patient Safeguards Act of 2009 - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) efforts to make the Medicare program financially sustainable, including application of comparative effectiveness research, should not deprive patients of medically necessary care solely due to its cost or limit access to needed health care services due to a patient's age, gender, ethnicity, or disability status; and (2) Congress should protect patients' access to needed care by ensuring that the Administrator of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) relies on adequate clinical expertise when the Administrator proposes to narrow coverage for a product or service under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act.

Establishes a process for the issuing of Medicare national coverage determinations by the Administrator. Enumerates prohibitions and conditions.

What's happening now July 29, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Boozman, John
Arkansas · Jul 28, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3361: Medicare Patient Safeguards Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-3361/
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"H.R. 3361: Medicare Patient Safeguards Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-3361/.
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H.R. 3361, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-3361/.
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