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HR 4857 113th Congress House Health Drug therapy Health technology, devices, supplies Home and outpatient care Medicare

Ensuring Equal Access to Treatments Act of 2014

Introduced: July 22, 2014 See on congress.gov
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Jun 13, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 12, 2014
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.
Jun 12, 2014
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Ensuring Equal Access to Treatments Act of 2014 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, with respect to the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department (OPD) services, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to create certain additional groups of covered OPD services that classify separately, from those that do not utilize such a drug, procedures that utilize a drug (other than contrast agents and diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals) that both has a cost above the drug packaging threshold and functions as a supply when used in a diagnostic test or procedure.

What's happening now June 13, 2014

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 2980 Related bill Ensuring Equal Access to Treatments Act of 2014
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 21
All 21 Democratic 7 Republican 3
Flores, Bill
· Dec 11, 2014
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Sep 18, 2014
 D
Bera, Ami
California · Sep 16, 2014
 R
Kelly, Mike
Pennsylvania · Sep 16, 2014
 R
Young, Todd
Indiana · Sep 10, 2014
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Sep 8, 2014
 R
Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Jul 31, 2014
CROWLEY, JOSEPH
· Jul 31, 2014
 D
Takano, Mark
California · Jul 30, 2014
 D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Jul 29, 2014
Kinzinger, Adam
· Jul 23, 2014
Boustany, Charles
· Jul 22, 2014
Olson, Pete
· Jul 22, 2014
 D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · Jul 17, 2014
Schock, Aaron
· Jul 15, 2014
Paulsen, Erik
· Jul 9, 2014
CAPPS, LOIS
· Jun 12, 2014
MCDERMOTT, JIM
· Jun 12, 2014
Rogers, Mike
· Jun 12, 2014
Roskam, Peter
· Jun 12, 2014
 D
Schneider, Bradley Scott
Illinois · Jun 12, 2014
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4857: Ensuring Equal Access to Treatments Act of 2014. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-4857/
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