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HR 574 111th Congress House Health Drug therapy Home and outpatient care Medicare

Medicare Home Infusion Therapy Coverage Act of 2009

Introduced: January 15, 2009 See on congress.gov
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Jan 16, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 15, 2009
Referred to House Ways and Means
Jan 15, 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.
Jan 15, 2009
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Jan 15, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medicare Home Infusion Therapy Coverage Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage of home infusion therapy and home infusion drugs.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to implement the Medicare home infusion therapy benefit in a manner that ensures that: (1) Medicare beneficiaries have timely and appropriate access to infusion therapy in their homes; and (2) there is rapid and seamless coordination between drug coverage under Medicare part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) and home infusion therapy services coverage under Medicare part B (Supplemental Security Income).

What's happening now January 16, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 574: Medicare Home Infusion Therapy Coverage Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-574/
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"H.R. 574: Medicare Home Infusion Therapy Coverage Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-574/.
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H.R. 574, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-574/.
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