[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2399 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2399

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to revise the coverage 
         of immunosuppressive drugs under the medicare program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 11, 2000

 Mr. Durbin (for himself and Mr. Levin) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to revise the coverage 
         of immunosuppressive drugs 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 ``Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug 
Coverage for Transplant Patients Act of 2000.''

SEC. 2. REVISION OF COVERAGE OF IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE DRUGS UNDER THE 
              MEDICARE PROGRAM.

    (a) Revision.--
            (1) In general.--Section 1861(s)(2)(J) of the Social 
        Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(s)(2)(J)) (as amended by section 
        227(a) of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget 
        Refinement Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 1501A-354), as enacted into 
        law by section 1000(a)(6) of Public Law 106-113) is amended by 
        striking ``, to an individual who receives'' and all that 
        follows before the semicolon at the end and inserting ``to an 
        individual who has received an organ transplant''.
            (2) Conforming amendments.--
                    (A) Section 1832 of the Social Security Act (42 
                U.S.C. 1395k) (as amended by section 227(b) of the 
                Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget 
                Refinement Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 1501A-354), as 
                enacted into law by section 1000(a)(6) of Public Law 
                106-113) is amended--
                            (i) by striking subsection (b); and
                            (ii) by redesignating subsection (c) as 
                        subsection (b).
                    (B) Subsections (c) and (d) of section 227 of the 
                Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget 
                Refinement Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 1501A-355), as 
                enacted into law by section 1000(a)(6) of Public Law 
                106-113, are repealed.
            (3) Effective date.--The amendments made by this subsection 
        shall apply to drugs furnished on or after the date of 
        enactment of this Act.
    (b) Extension of Certain Secondary Payer Requirements.--Section 
1862(b)(1)(C) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395y(b)(1)(C)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: ``With regard to 
immunosuppressive drugs furnished on or after the date of enactment of 
the Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Transplant 
Patients Act of 2000, this subparagraph shall be applied without regard 
to any time limitation.''.
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