3.0.0 565 2019-11-15T21:55:03Z 2019-11-15T21:55:03Z Senate S S 2009-03-10 111 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-03-10T23:27:41Z Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act of 2009 111 1458 HR 2009-04-29 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. Identical bill CRS 2009-03-10 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2974) IntroReferral 2009-03-10 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2973-2974) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-03-10 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. N C000567 Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] Thad Cochran R MS 2009-03-10 True L000261 Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] CARL LEVIN D MI MILTON 2009-03-10 True D000432 Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] BYRON DORGAN D ND LESLIE 2009-03-10 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2009-04-21 False S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2009-04-22 False I000025 Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL INOUYE D HI KEN 2009-04-30 False T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2009-05-19 False B001266 Sen. Burris, Roland [D-IL] Roland Burris D IL 2009-05-19 False C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2009-06-03 False L000035 Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] BLANCHE LINCOLN D AR LAMBERT 2009-06-11 False C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2009-06-25 False D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2009-09-09 False W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2009-10-05 False B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2009-12-19 False G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2010-03-16 False H001049 Sen. Hagan, Kay R. [D-NC] Kay Hagan D NC R. 2010-05-06 False H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD 2010-05-12 False C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2010-06-22 False Health Digestive and metabolic diseases Drug therapy Health care costs and insurance Immunology and vaccination Medicare Organ and tissue donation and transplantation Health 00 2009-03-10 Introduced in Senate 2009-04-16T20:03:50Z Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act of 2009 - Amends SSA title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) to: (1) continue entitlement to prescription drugs used in immunosuppressive therapy furnished to an individual who receives a kidney transplant for which payment is made under Medicare; and (2) extend Medicare secondary payer requirements for end stage renal disease (ESRD) beneficiaries.

Amends title XVIII (Medicare ) of SSA to apply special rules to kidney transplant recipients receiving additional coverage for immunosuppressive drugs. Deems such individual to be enrolled under Medicare part B and makes the individual responsible for the full amount of the applicable premiums. Applies deductible and coinsurance requirements to the provision of such drugs.

Amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and the Internal Revenue Code to set forth requirements for group health plans to provide coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant patients.

]]> Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act of 2009 Short Titles as Introduced Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act of 2009 Display Title Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide continued entitlement to coverage for immunosuppressive drugs furnished to beneficiaries under the Medicare Program that have received a kidney transplant and whose entitlement to coverage would otherwise expire, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2009-03-10T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s565is/xml/BILLS-111s565is.xml 2009-03-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2974) 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.