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 Spreadsheet

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.

  1. IntroducedMar 15, 2001
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. 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; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MDBarbara A. MikulskiOriginalMar 15, 2001
R-RILincoln ChafeeOriginalMar 15, 2001
D-WAMaria CantwellOriginalMar 15, 2001
R-MESusan M. CollinsOriginalMar 15, 2001
R-MSThad CochranOriginalMar 15, 2001
D-WVRobert C. ByrdApr 25, 2001
D-MAJohn F. KerryMay 1, 2001
R-OHMike DeWineMay 17, 2001
D-PAArlen SpecterMay 22, 2001
D-MDPaul S. SarbanesJun 6, 2001
D-SDThomas A. DaschleJul 31, 2001
D-MIDebbie StabenowSep 10, 2001
D-LAMary L. LandrieuSep 10, 2001
D-ARBlanche L. LincolnSep 21, 2001
D-NJRobert G. TorricelliApr 18, 2002
R-MEOlympia J. SnoweMay 16, 2002
D-NMJeff BingamanJul 15, 2002
D-RIJack ReedSep 4, 2002
R-AKFrank H. MurkowskiSep 12, 2002

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
SenateFinance Committee
Referred Mar 15, 2001

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

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

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
SenateDebate and remarks S2409Patty Murray D-WAMar 15, 2001

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand medicare coverage of certain self-injected biologicals.
Short Titles as Introduced
Access to Innovation for Medicare Patients Act of 2001

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 15, 2001Introduced in Senate

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