S 1466 · 114th Congress · Health

Ensuring Equal Access to Treatments Act of 2015

Introduced 2015-05-22· Sponsored by Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL]· Senate

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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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.(2015-05-22)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Ensuring Equal Access to Treatments Act of 2015 Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, with respect to the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department (OPD) services, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to create certain additional groups of covered OPD services that classify separately, from those that do not utilize such a drug, procedures that utilize a drug (other than contrast agents, diagnostic radiopharmaceutical, or anesthesia drugs) that both has a cost above the drug packaging threshold and functions as a supply when used in a diagnostic test or procedure.…

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Cosponsors (9)

4 Democrats5 Republicans