3.0.0 3353 2022-02-08T23:22:59Z 2022-02-08T23:22:59Z Senate S 2020-02-27 116 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-02-27T17:48:10Z BENES Act of 2020 116 2477 HR 2020-12-09 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS 2020-02-27 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2020-02-27 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001075 Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] Bill Cassidy R LA N D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2020-02-27 True E000295 Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] Joni Ernst R IA 2020-02-27 True S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2020-02-27 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2020-02-27 True Y000064 Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN] Todd Young R IN C. 2020-02-27 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2020-03-11 False S001191 Sen. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ] Kyrsten Sinema D AZ 2020-05-13 False C001047 Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] Shelley Capito R WV Moore 2020-07-01 False T000461 Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA] Patrick Toomey R PA J. 2020-07-01 False E000285 Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] MICHAEL ENZI R WY B. 2020-07-01 False B001310 Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] Mike Braun R IN 2020-07-01 False C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2020-07-29 False B001236 Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] John Boozman R AR 2020-07-30 False S001217 Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] Rick Scott R FL 2020-07-30 False R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2020-07-30 False V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2020-07-30 False C001095 Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] Tom Cotton R AR 2020-09-16 False L000575 Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] James Lankford R OK 2020-09-16 False G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2020-09-16 False D000618 Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] Steve Daines R MT 2020-09-30 False I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK 2020-09-30 False T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2020-10-05 False S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2020-10-20 False P000612 Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA] David Perdue R GA Alfred 2020-12-09 False C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2020-12-17 False Health Congressional oversight Digestive and metabolic diseases Drug therapy Government studies and investigations Health care coverage and access Health promotion and preventive care Medicare Organ and tissue donation and transplantation Prescription drugs Health 00 2020-02-27 Introduced in Senate 2020-07-21T18:03:07Z Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act of 2020

This bill indefinitely extends Medicare coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant recipients for individuals who do not have other coverage. Under current law, Medicare coverage is limited to 36 months following a transplant.

Additionally, the Government Accountability Office must report on the bill's implementation, including any related program integrity issues.

]]> Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act of 2020 Display Title Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for extended months of Medicare coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant patients, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3353is/xml/BILLS-116s3353is.xml 2020-02-27 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.