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S 254 111th Congress Senate 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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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S613-614)
Jan 15, 2009
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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 15, 2009

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S613-614)

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 254: Medicare Home Infusion Therapy Coverage Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-254/
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"S. 254: Medicare Home Infusion Therapy Coverage Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-254/.
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S. 254, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-254/.
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