3.0.0 3487 2023-01-11T13:33:58Z 2023-01-11T13:33:58Z Senate S 2016-11-30 114 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-11-30T19:36:05Z Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act of 2016 114 6139 HR 2016-09-29 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2016-11-30 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2016-11-30 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA N Health Digestive and metabolic diseases Drug therapy Immunology and vaccination Medicare Organ and tissue donation and transplantation Health 00 2016-11-30 Introduced in Senate 2017-05-03T22:16:15Z Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act of 2016

This bill amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) and XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to indefinitely extend Medicare coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant recipients. Under current law, such coverage is limited to 36 months following a transplant.

]]> Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act of 2016 Display Title Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act of 2016 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare entitlement to immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant recipients. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act of 2016 Introduced in Senate 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s3487is/xml/BILLS-114s3487is.xml 2016-11-30 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.