S 725
112th Congress
Senate
Health
Health technology, devices, supplies
Home and outpatient care
Medicare
Prescription drugs
Solid waste and recycling
Medicare Safe Needle Disposal Coverage Act of 2011
Introduced: April 5, 2011
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 5, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Apr 5, 2011
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Medicare Safe Needle Disposal Coverage Act of 2011 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover as a part D drug any devices approved for home use by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the safe and effective containment, removal, decontamination, and disposal of home-generated needles, syringes, and other sharps through a sharps container, decontamination/destructive device, or sharps-by-mail program or similar program.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1