Congress 108 - HR 2021 - Access to Cancer Clinical Trials Act of 2003

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Cancer Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Clinical trials Collective bargaining Commerce Congress Congressional reporting requirements Cost accounting Discrimination in insurance Discrimination in medical care Employee health benefits Finance and Financial Sector Health Health insurance Labor and Employment Labor contracts Medical economics Medical fees Medical research Patients' rights Peer review organizations (Medicine) Pharmaceutical research Science, Technology, Communications Standards

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Access to Cancer Clinical Trials Act of 2003 - Amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and the Internal Revenue Code to provide coverage for qualified individuals participating in approved cancer clinical trials if a group health plan or an issuer offering health insurance coverage in connection with a group health plan or in the individual market otherwise provides coverage to such an individual.

Directs the Secretaries of Health and Human Services (HHS), of Labor, and of the Treasury to: (1) analyze cancer clinical research and its cost implications for managed care; and (2) report to Congress an assessment of any incremental cost to group health plans resulting from this Act and any recommendations regarding action on other diseases.

Requires the Secretaries of Labor, of the Treasury, and of HHS to ensure coordinated administration of this Act.

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May 27, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
May 20, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 14, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 7, 2003

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and 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.
May 7, 2003

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