3.0.0 960 2019-02-20T23:06:27Z 2019-02-23T23:05:16Z Senate S S 2011-05-12 112 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-05-12T15:00:14Z Medicare IVIG Access and Strengthening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers Act of 2012 112 1845 HR 2013-01-10 Became Public Law No: 112-242. Identical bill CRS 2011-05-12 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2011-05-12 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2933) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2011-05-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES N A000360 Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] Lamar Alexander R TN 2011-05-12 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2011-05-12 True R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS 2011-05-24 False R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2011-05-25 False S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2011-06-06 False C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2011-06-09 False M000934 Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] Jerry Moran R KS 2011-06-16 False F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2011-06-29 False K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2011-09-19 False C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID 2011-10-31 False M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2011-11-08 False C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2012-03-26 False B001268 Sen. Brown, Scott P. [R-MA] Scott Brown R MA P. 2012-05-14 False G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2012-05-16 False W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. 2012-06-28 False C000567 Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] Thad Cochran R MS 2012-07-11 False H.R.1845 https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/1845 Health Cancer Drug therapy Government studies and investigations Health technology, devices, supplies Hereditary and development disorders Home and outpatient care Immunology and vaccination Medicare Health 00 2011-05-12 Introduced in Senate 2011-06-23T21:01:40Z Medicare IVIG Access Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a demonstration project under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to evaluate the benefits of providing payment for items and services needed for the administration, within the homes of Medicare beneficiaries, of intravenous immune globin (IVIG) for the treatment of primary immune deficiency diseases.

Amends SSA title XVIII to treat as durable medical equipment (DME) any disposable drug delivery systems, including elastomeric infusion pumps, for the treatment of colorectal cancer.

]]> Medicare IVIG Access Act Short Titles as Introduced Medicare IVIG Access Act Display Title Medicare IVIG Access Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for a study on issues relating to access to intravenous immune globulin (IVG) for Medicare beneficiaries in all care settings and a demonstration project to examine the benefits of providing coverage and payment for items and services necessary to administer IVG in the home. Introduced in Senate 2011-05-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s960is/xml/BILLS-112s960is.xml 2011-05-12 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.