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HR 5997 115th Congress House

Ensuring Patient Access to Critical Breakthrough Products Act of 2018

Official title: To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to ensure prompt coverage of breakthrough devices under the Medicare and Medicaid programs, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 5, 2018 Introduced by: DelBene, Suzan K. Democratic · Washington See on congress.gov
Health Administrative remediesDepartment of Health and Human ServicesDrug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulationGovernment studies and investigations
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Jun 8, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 5, 2018
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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 5, 2018
Introduced in House
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 Latest action June 8, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Ensuring Patient Access to Critical Breakthrough Products Act of 2018

This bill (1) allows designated medical breakthrough devices to be temporarily covered under Medicare during a specified transitional period, (2) establishes a process to allow for continued coverage after the transitional period has expired, and (3) modifies other Medicare payment systems relating to new medical technology.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Republican 1
D
Bera, Ami
California · Aug 3, 2018
 R
Bilirakis, Gus M.
Florida · Jun 5, 2018
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Sewell, Terri A.
Alabama · Jun 5, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5997: Ensuring Patient Access to Critical Breakthrough Products Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5997/
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"H.R. 5997: Ensuring Patient Access to Critical Breakthrough Products Act of 2018." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5997/.
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H.R. 5997, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5997/.
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