[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4495 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4495

      To provide for coverage of all medically necessary pancreas 
         transplantation procedures under the Medicare Program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 18, 2000

 Mr. Nethercutt (for himself, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Porter, and Mr. LaFalce) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
  Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Commerce, for a 
 period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
      To provide for coverage of all medically necessary pancreas 
         transplantation procedures under the Medicare Program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Insulin-Free World Medicare Pancreas 
Transplantation Coverage Act of 2000''.

SEC. 2. MEDICARE COVERAGE OF MEDICALLY NECESSARY PANCREAS TRANSPLANTS.

    Effective for procedures performed on or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, any medically necessary pancreas transplantation 
procedure shall be a covered benefit under the medicare program under 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.) whether 
or not such procedure is done in conjunction with another organ 
transplantation procedure that is a covered benefit under such program.
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