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HR 3172 115th Congress House

Medicare IVIG Demonstration Extension Act of 2017

Official title: To amend the Medicare IVIG Access and Strengthening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers Act of 2012 to extend the Medicare Patient IVIG Access Demonstration Project.

Introduced: July 10, 2017 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Jul 20, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 14, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 10, 2017
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.
Jul 10, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Latest action July 20, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medicare IVIG Demonstration Extension Act of 2017

This bill amends the Medicare IVIG Access and Strengthening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers Act of 2012 to extend the Medicare Intravenous Immune Globulin (IVIG) demonstration project through 2020, subject to the availability of funds. (This demonstration project provides for bundled Medicare payments with respect to certain items and services that are necessary to administer IVIG in the home.) A Medicare beneficiary who is enrolled in the project on September 30, 2017, shall be automatically reenrolled, subject to an existing cap on project participants.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 3178 Related bill Medicare Part B Improvement Act of 2017
  • HR 3823 Related bill Disaster Tax Relief and Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2017
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1
Walz, Timothy
· Jan 12, 2018
 D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · Jul 10, 2017
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3172: Medicare IVIG Demonstration Extension Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3172/
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"H.R. 3172: Medicare IVIG Demonstration Extension Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3172/.
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H.R. 3172, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3172/.
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