Congress 107 - HR 1839 - Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage Act of 2001

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Coinsurance Employee health benefits Finance and Financial Sector Health Health insurance Hospital care Immunosuppressive drugs Insurance premiums Kidney diseases Labor and Employment Medicare Social Welfare Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.

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Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage Act of 2001 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to: (1) continue entitlement to prescription drugs used in immunosuppressive therapy furnished to an individual who receives a kidney transplant for which payment is made under Medicare; and (2) extend Medicare secondary payer requirements for end stage renal disease beneficiaries.

Amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code to set forth requirements for group health plans to provide coverage of immunosuppressive drugs.

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Jul 16, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
May 22, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
May 18, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 15, 2001

Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
May 15, 2001

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