S 139 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

Ensuring Access to Clinical Trials Act of 2015

Introduced Jan 8, 2015 Originated Senate Sponsor Ron Wyden D-OR

Fact sheet

Latest action · Oct 7, 2015 Became Public Law No: 114-63.

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. IntroducedJan 8, 2015
  2. Passed SenateJul 16, 2015
  3. Passed HouseSep 28, 2015
  4. To the PresidentSep 30, 2015
  5. Became lawOct 7, 2015

Summary

This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate-passed version is repeated here.)

Ensuring Access to Clinical Trials Act of 2015

(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Improving Access to Clinical Trials Act of 2009 to repeal the sunset of, and so extend indefinitely, the exclusion from resources under titles XVI (Supplemental Security Income) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act, for eligibility purposes, of compensation in the amount of the first $2,000 per year received by individuals who participate in clinical trials for rare diseases or conditions.

Cosponsors 15

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 8, 2015 to Jul 9, 2015, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MAEdward J. MarkeyOriginalJan 8, 2015
R-UTOrrin G. HatchOriginalJan 8, 2015
D-OHSherrod BrownOriginalJan 8, 2015
D-MNAmy KlobucharJan 13, 2015
D-CABarbara BoxerJan 13, 2015
D-ILRichard J. DurbinFeb 12, 2015
D-DEChristopher A. CoonsFeb 25, 2015
R-NHKelly AyotteMar 10, 2015
D-MIDebbie StabenowMar 16, 2015
D-COMichael F. BennetMar 18, 2015
R-MSRoger F. WickerApr 13, 2015
D-NHJeanne ShaheenApr 28, 2015
R-MESusan M. CollinsJun 1, 2015
R-KSPat RobertsJun 25, 2015
D-NYKirsten E. GillibrandJul 9, 2015

Actions 19

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Oct 7, 2015Became Public Law No: 114-63.
  2. Oct 7, 2015Signed by President.
  3. Sep 30, 2015Presented to President.
  4. Sep 28, 2015Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6276-6279)
  5. Sep 28, 2015DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 139.
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Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 209Ensuring Access to Clinical Trials Act of 2015Identical billSep 18, 2015

Subjects

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

Text 4

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. —Enrolled Bill
  2. Jul 20, 2015Referred in House
  3. Jul 16, 2015Engrossed in Senate
  4. Jan 8, 2015Introduced in Senate

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