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HR 4724 115th Congress House

Medicare IVIG Access Enhancement Act

Official title: To provide for a demonstration project to further examine the benefits of providing coverage and payment for items and services necessary to administer intrave… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To provide for a demonstration project to further examine the benefits of providing coverage and payment for items and services necessary to administer intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) in the home, and for other purposes.

Introduced: August 10, 2018 See on congress.gov
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Dec 22, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Dec 21, 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.
Dec 21, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Latest action December 22, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medicare IVIG Access Enhancement Act

This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to establish a three-year demonstration project to evaluate the benefits of providing Medicare coverage and payment for items and services needed for the in-home administration of intravenous immune globulin to treat chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy or multifocal motor neuropathy. Beneficiary participation shall be voluntary.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Democratic 6 Republican 1
ROS-LEHTINEN, ILEANA
· Oct 16, 2018
 D
Brownley, Julia
California · Sep 7, 2018
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Aug 10, 2018
 D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · Jun 26, 2018
Black, Diane
· May 15, 2018
 D
Cuellar, Henry
Texas · Apr 24, 2018
 D
Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · Apr 5, 2018
 R
Kelly, Mike
Pennsylvania · Mar 1, 2018
Costello, Ryan
· Feb 20, 2018
 D
Garamendi, John
California · Jan 30, 2018
Lance, Leonard
· Dec 21, 2017
Meehan, Patrick
· Dec 21, 2017
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4724: Medicare IVIG Access Enhancement Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4724/
MLA
"H.R. 4724: Medicare IVIG Access Enhancement Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4724/.
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H.R. 4724, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4724/.
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[H.R. 4724: Medicare IVIG Access Enhancement Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4724/)
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