114 S139 IS: Ensuring Access to Clinical Trials Act of 2015 U.S. Senate 2015-01-08 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

II 114th CONGRESS1st Session S. 139 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 8, 2015 Mr. Wyden (for himself, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Markey, and Mr. Brown) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To permanently allow an exclusion under the Supplemental Security Income program and the Medicaid program for compensation provided to individuals who participate in clinical trials for rare diseases or conditions.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Ensuring Access to Clinical Trials Act of 2015.

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Elimination of sunset provision

Effective as if included in the enactment of the Improving Access to Clinical Trials Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–255, 124 Stat. 2640), section 3 of that Act is amended by striking subsection (e).