HR 2195 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

Medicare Home Infusion Therapy Coverage Act of 2011

Introduced Jun 15, 2011 Originated House Sponsor Eliot L. Engel D-NY

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jun 23, 2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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. IntroducedJun 15, 2011
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Medicare Home Infusion Therapy Coverage Act of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to authorize Medicare coverage of home infusion therapy and home infusion drugs.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to implement the Medicare home infusion therapy benefit in a manner that ensures that: (1) Medicare beneficiaries have timely and appropriate access to infusion therapy in their homes, and (2) there is rapid and seamless coordination between drug coverage under Medicare part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) and home infusion therapy services coverage under Medicare part B (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI).

Cosponsors 32

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 15, 2011 to Apr 27, 2012, with 2 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-WITammy BaldwinOriginalJun 15, 2011
R-PATim MurphyOriginalJun 15, 2011
D-TXGene GreenJul 7, 2011
D-WAAdam SmithJul 15, 2011
R-MOJo Ann EmersonJul 15, 2011
D-CASam FarrJul 22, 2011
D-FLCorrine BrownJul 29, 2011
D-OHTim RyanJul 29, 2011
D-MEChellie PingreeAug 5, 2011
R-MSGregg HarperAug 26, 2011
D-PAMichael F. DoyleAug 26, 2011
R-TXRon PaulAug 26, 2011
D-IALeonard L. BoswellSep 7, 2011
D-NYBrian HigginsSep 9, 2011
D-MNCollin C. PetersonSep 9, 2011
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Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 23, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. Jun 22, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  3. Jun 15, 2011Introduced in House
  4. Jun 15, 2011Referred 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.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 1203Medicare Home Infusion Therapy Coverage Act of 2011Related billJun 15, 2011

Subjects

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

Text 1

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  1. Jun 15, 2011Introduced in House

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