Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act of 2020
Latest action · Dec 24, 2020 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 570.
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 23, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act of 2020
This bill indefinitely extends Medicare coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant recipients for individuals who do not have other coverage. Under current law, Medicare coverage is limited to 36 months following a transplant.
The Government Accountability Office must report on the bill's implementation.
Cosponsors 113
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 23, 2019 to Dec 21, 2020; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-VA | A. Donald McEachin | Original | Dec 23, 2019 |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Original | Dec 23, 2019 |
| R-WA | Jaime Herrera Beutler | Original | Dec 23, 2019 |
| R-MO | Jason Smith | Original | Dec 23, 2019 |
| R-TX | Michael C. Burgess | Original | Dec 23, 2019 |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Jan 7, 2020 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Jan 7, 2020 | |
| R-FL | Bill Posey | Jan 13, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Jan 13, 2020 | |
| R-TX | Kenny Marchant | Jan 13, 2020 | |
| D-IA | Cynthia Axne | Jan 15, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. | Jan 15, 2020 | |
| R-OK | Tom Cole | Jan 15, 2020 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Jan 24, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Jan 29, 2020 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Dec 23, 2019Markup Jul 15, 2020Reported Dec 24, 2020 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Dec 24, 2019Hearings Jan 8, 2020Markup Mar 11, 2020Reported Mar 11, 2020 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Dec 23, 2019Discharged Dec 24, 2020 |
Actions 11
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 24, 2020Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 116-687, Part I.
- Dec 24, 2020Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
- Dec 24, 2020Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 570.
- Jul 15, 2020Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jul 15, 2020Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Lists H12297H.R. 5534–5537 | — | Dec 23, 2019 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Nov 2, 2020H.R. 5534, Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act of 2020As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on July 15, 2020
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 207, December 23, 2019, page H12297.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 116-103 | THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES BUDGET AND OVERSIGHT OF THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK151 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Feb 26, 2020 |
| Serial No. 116-85 | LEGISLATION TO IMPROVE AMERICANS' HEALTHCARE COVERAGE AND OUTCOMES224 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Jan 8, 2020 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for extended months of Medicare coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant patients, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act of 2019
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act of 2020
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 24, 2020Reported in House
- Dec 23, 2019Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
