[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2957 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2957

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to preserve coverage of 
      drugs and biologicals under part B of the medicare program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 27, 2000

   Mr. Roth 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 preserve coverage of 
      drugs and biologicals under part B of 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 ``Medicare Self-Administered 
Medications Act of 2000''.

SEC. 2. PRESERVATION OF COVERAGE OF DRUGS AND BIOLOGICALS UNDER PART B 
              OF THE MEDICARE PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Section 1861(s)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395x(s)(2)) is amended, in each of subparagraphs (A) and (B), 
by striking ``(including drugs and biologicals which cannot, as 
determined in accordance with regulations, be self-administered)'' and 
inserting ``(including drugs and biologicals for which the usual method 
of administration of the form of drug or biological is not patient 
self-administration or, in the case of injectable drugs and 
biologicals, for which the physician determines that self-
administration is not medically appropriate)''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to drugs and biologicals administered on or after October 1, 
2000.
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