S 1206 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Beneficiary Access to Care Act of 2003

Introduced Jun 9, 2003 Originated Senate Sponsor Christopher S. Bond R-MO

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jun 9, 2003 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.

IntroducedJun 9, 2003
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Beneficiary Access to Care Act of 2003 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services (OPD) to: (1) require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to treat as a separate group of covered OPD services any drug or biological that was treated as such a group as of December 31, 2002, and any drug or biological that has ceased to be eligible for transitional, pass-through payments by reason of the limited period of payment specified; and (2) add special rules for 2004 for the calculation of Medicare OPD fee schedule amounts, among other payment-related changes.

Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on pharmacy services used to provide cancer drug therapies in hospital outpatient setting.

Cosponsors 1

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jun 16, 2003.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-KS	Pat Roberts		Jun 16, 2003

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jun 9, 2003Introduced in Senate
Jun 9, 2003Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jun 9, 2003Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7543-7544)

Subjects

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

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