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HR 6139 114th Congress House

Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act of 2016

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare entitlement to immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant recipients.

Introduced: November 14, 2016 See on congress.gov
Health Digestive and metabolic diseasesDrug therapyImmunology and vaccinationMedicareOrgan and tissue donation and transplantation
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Sep 29, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sep 22, 2016
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.
Sep 22, 2016
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 29, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act of 2016

This bill amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) and XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to indefinitely extend Medicare coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant recipients. Under current law, such coverage is limited to 36 months following a transplant.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 3 Republican 2
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Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Nov 14, 2016
 D
Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · Nov 14, 2016
 D
Himes, James A.
Connecticut · Nov 14, 2016
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Nov 14, 2016
 R
Griffith, H. Morgan
Virginia · Sep 22, 2016
Harper, Gregg
· Sep 22, 2016
Meehan, Patrick
· Sep 22, 2016
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6139: Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6139/
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"H.R. 6139: Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act of 2016." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6139/.
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H.R. 6139, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6139/.
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