3.0.0 2901 2022-10-28T02:00:28Z 2022-10-28T02:00:28Z Senate S 2019-11-19 116 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-11-19T23:08:43Z 2019-11-19 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6673) IntroReferral 2019-11-19 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. N S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2019-11-19 True Health Administrative law and regulatory procedures Advanced technology and technological innovations Advisory bodies Congressional oversight Department of Health and Human Services Digestive and metabolic diseases Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation Health care coverage and access Health technology, devices, supplies Medical research Medicare Health 00 2019-11-19 Introduced in Senate 2020-06-08T22:00:32Z Improving Medicare Beneficiary Access to Innovative Diabetes Technologies Act of 2019

This bill establishes the Task Force on Innovative Diabetes Technologies and Services to address the accessibility of innovative diabetes technologies and services to Medicare beneficiaries. The bill defines innovative diabetes technologies and services as medical technologies and services for diabetes treatment that are not covered under Medicare.

Among other activities, the task force must (1) recommend ways to improve access to innovative diabetes technologies and services through new or alternative payment models and existing policies, and (2) propose changes to foster collaboration between the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to streamline approval and coverage.

]]> Improving Medicare Beneficiary Access to Innovative Diabetes Technologies Act of 2019 Display Title Improving Medicare Beneficiary Access to Innovative Diabetes Technologies Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced Improving Medicare Beneficiary Access to Innovative Diabetes Technologies Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish within the Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services a special task force on ensuring Medicare beneficiary access to innovative diabetes technologies and services. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s2901is/xml/BILLS-116s2901is.xml 2019-11-19 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6673) 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.