S 554 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Access to Innovation for Medicare Patients Act of 2001

Introduced Mar 15, 2001 Originated Senate Sponsor Patty Murray D-WA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 15, 2001 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedMar 15, 2001
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Access to Innovation for Medicare Patients Act of 2001 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000, 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.

Cosponsors 19

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 15, 2001 to Sep 12, 2002, with 5 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-MD	Barbara A. Mikulski	Original	Mar 15, 2001
R-RI	Lincoln Chafee	Original	Mar 15, 2001
D-WA	Maria Cantwell	Original	Mar 15, 2001
R-ME	Susan M. Collins	Original	Mar 15, 2001
R-MS	Thad Cochran	Original	Mar 15, 2001
D-WV	Robert C. Byrd		Apr 25, 2001
D-MA	John F. Kerry		May 1, 2001
R-OH	Mike DeWine		May 17, 2001
R-PA	Arlen Specter		May 22, 2001
D-MD	Paul S. Sarbanes		Jun 6, 2001
D-SD	Thomas A. Daschle		Jul 31, 2001
D-MI	Debbie Stabenow		Sep 10, 2001
D-LA	Mary L. Landrieu		Sep 10, 2001
D-AR	Blanche L. Lincoln		Sep 21, 2001
D-NJ	Robert G. Torricelli		Apr 18, 2002

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Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 15, 2001Introduced in Senate
Mar 15, 2001Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mar 15, 2001Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2409)

Subjects

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

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