HR 5167 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Medicare Market Acquisition Drug Price Act of 2002

Introduced Jul 18, 2002 Originated House Sponsor Fortney Pete Stark D-CA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jul 29, 2002 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedJul 18, 2002
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Medicare Market Acquisition Drug Price Act of 2002 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to revise payment for drugs and biologicals under Medicare.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in computing the practice expense component of the Medicare physician fee schedule with respect to payment for services of oncologists, to make adjustments to an oncologist's reported medical supply expenses in order to ensure that they better reflect the actual supply costs of providing such services.

Cosponsors

Members who signed on, in the order they did.

No cosponsors are on file for this measure.

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jul 29, 2002Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. Jul 18, 2002Introduced in House
  3. Jul 18, 2002Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
  4. Jul 18, 2002Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1302)

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

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