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
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Everywhere this bill has been
5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
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
Plain-English summary
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
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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