HR 980 · 108th Congress · Health

Access to Innovation for Medicare Patients Act of 2003

Introduced 2003-02-27· Sponsored by Rep. Dunn, Jennifer [R-WA-8]· House

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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.(2003-03-10)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Access to Innovation for Medicare Patients Act of 2003 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage of self-injected biologicals approved by the Food and Drug Administration that are prescribed as a complete replacement for a drug or a biological that otherwise cannot be self-administered.…

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Cosponsors (20)

11 Democrats9 Republicans
Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7]WA
Rep. Pickering, Charles W. "Chip" [R-MS-3]MS
Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-23]CA
Rep. Inslee, Jay [D-WA-1]WA
Rep. Crane, Philip M. [R-IL-8]IL
Rep. Greenwood, James C. [R-PA-8]PA
Rep. Dicks, Norman D. [D-WA-6]WA
Rep. Hastings, Doc [R-WA-4]WA
Rep. Abercrombie, Neil [D-HI-1]HI
Rep. McNulty, Michael R. [D-NY-21]NY
Rep. Kleczka, Gerald D. [D-WI-4]WI
Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]TX
Rep. Frost, Martin [D-TX-24]TX
Rep. Strickland, Ted [D-OH-6]OH
Rep. Nethercutt, George R., Jr. [R-WA-5]WA
Rep. Cunningham, Randy (Duke) [R-CA-50]CA
Rep. Forbes, J. Randy [R-VA-4]VA
Rep. Wexler, Robert [D-FL-19]FL
Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]NY
Rep. Walsh, James T. [R-NY-25]NY