Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2015
Latest action · Mar 20, 2015 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.
- IntroducedMar 18, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2015
This bill requires any new presidential sequestration order for FY2016-FY2017 to declare that no reduction shall be made with respect to payments for physician-administered drugs and biologicals under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to the extent that such payments are made based on their average sales price.
The Government Accountability Office must examine the shift of cancer care from physician-run community cancer clinics to hospitals and its consequences to costs to the federal government and to Medicare beneficiaries for cancer care under the Medicare program.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 18, 2015 to Sep 11, 2015, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Original | Mar 18, 2015 |
| R-FL | Vern Buchanan | Mar 25, 2015 | |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Apr 13, 2015 | |
| R-NJ | Rodney P. Frelinghuysen | Apr 21, 2015 | |
| R-OH | Patrick J. Tiberi | Sep 11, 2015 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 20, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Mar 19, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Mar 18, 2015Introduced in House
- Mar 18, 2015Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 18, 2015Introduced in House
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