Medicare IVIG Access Enhancement Act
Latest action · Dec 22, 2017 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.
- IntroducedDec 21, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Medicare IVIG Access Enhancement Act
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to establish a three-year demonstration project to evaluate the benefits of providing Medicare coverage and payment for items and services needed for the in-home administration of intravenous immune globulin to treat chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy or multifocal motor neuropathy. Beneficiary participation shall be voluntary.
Cosponsors 14
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 21, 2017 to Oct 16, 2018, with 4 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Dec 21, 2017 |
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | Original | Dec 21, 2017 |
| R-NJ | Leonard Lance | Original | Dec 21, 2017 |
| R-PA | Patrick Meehan | Original | Dec 21, 2017 |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Jan 30, 2018 | |
| R-PA | Ryan A. Costello | Feb 20, 2018 | |
| R-PA | Mike Kelly | Mar 1, 2018 | |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Apr 5, 2018 | |
| D-TX | Henry Cuellar | Apr 24, 2018 | |
| R-TN | Diane Black | May 15, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Jun 26, 2018 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Aug 10, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Sep 7, 2018 | |
| R-FL | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Oct 16, 2018 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 22, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Dec 21, 2017Introduced in House
- Dec 21, 2017Referred 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.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
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Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 21, 2017Introduced in House
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