S 2957 · 106th Congress · Health

Medicare Self-Administered Medications Act of 2000

Introduced 2000-07-27· Sponsored by Sen. Roth Jr., William V. [R-DE]· Senate

Bill Progress

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Senate Vote
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House
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Enacted
Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7849)(2000-07-27)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Medicare Self-Administered Medications Act of 2000 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise the definition of covered non-self-administered drugs and biologicals. Replaces the current definition of drugs and biologicals which cannot, as determined in accordance with regulations, be self-administered with a definition of drugs and biologicals for which the usual method of administration 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 (thus covering such drugs and biologicals which a patient may, all the same, self-administer).…

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1 Democrat