3.0.0 3505 2019-11-15T21:59:21Z 2019-11-15T21:59:21Z Senate S S 2008-09-17 110 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-09-17T16:25:23Z Medicare Home Infusion Therapy Coverage Act of 2007 110 2567 HR 2007-06-12 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS Medicare Home Infusion Therapy Consolidated Coverage Act of 2007 110 870 S 2007-03-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS 2008-09-17 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2008-09-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000035 Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] BLANCHE LINCOLN D AR LAMBERT N S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2008-09-17 True I000055 Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] Johnny Isakson R GA 2008-09-17 True R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS 2008-09-24 False C001057 Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN] Norm Coleman R MN 2008-09-30 False Health Access to health care Drug therapy Drugs Home care services Medical fees Medicare Prescription pricing Social Welfare Health 00 2008-09-17 Introduced in Senate 2008-10-31T21:26:42Z Medicare Home Infusion Therapy Coverage Act of 2008 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage of home infusion therapy and home infusion drugs.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to implement the Medicare home infusion therapy benefit in a manner that ensures that: (1) Medicare beneficiaries have timely and appropriate access to infusion therapy in their homes; and (2) there is rapid and seamless coordination between drug coverage under Medicare part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) and home infusion therapy services coverage under Medicare part B (Supplemental Security Income).

]]> Medicare Home Infusion Therapy Coverage Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Medicare Home Infusion Therapy Coverage Act of 2008 Display Title Medicare Home Infusion Therapy Coverage Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coverage of home infusion therapy under the Medicare Program. Introduced in Senate 2008-09-17T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3505is/xml/BILLS-110s3505is.xml 2008-09-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.