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H.R. 1032 · 108th Congress

Beneficiary Access to Care Act of 2003

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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 108th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

ESR ShawSponsor
9 cosponsors · 2 D, 7 R
MFR Foley JDR Hayworth DCR Camp PCR Crane SMR McInnis ECD Case JAR Ann Davis BSD Stupak VGR Goode

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Beneficiary Access to Care Act of 2003 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services (OPD) to: (1) require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to treat as a separate group of covered OPD services any drug or biological that was treated as such a…

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Feb 27, 2003
Beneficiary Access to Care Act of 2003 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services (OPD) to: (1) require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to treat as a separate group of covered OPD services any drug or biological that was treated as such a group as of December 31, 2002, and any drug or biological that has ceased to be eligible for transitional, pass-through payments by reason of the limited period of payment specified; and (2) add special rules for 2004 for the calculation of Medicare OPD fee schedule amounts, among other payment-related changes.

Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on pharmacy services used to provide cancer drug therapies in hospital outpatient setting.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Beneficiary Access to Care Act of 2003

Latest action (Mar 10, 2003): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Policy area: Health · Origin: House · Introduced: Feb 27, 2003

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.