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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>New Opportunities for Value that Extend Lives Act of 2019 or the NOVEL Act of 2019</b><br> <br> This bill establishes a process for expediting the assignment of Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) codes to medical products that have been designated as a breakthrough product or regenerative advanced therapy by the Food and Drug Administration; it also establishes a process for determining coverage under Medicare of such breakthrough products that have been assigned HCPCS codes.</p>]]></text>
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