H.R. 4714 · 114th Congress
Removing Barriers to Clinical Research Act of 2016
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This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to expand Medicare coverage of costs associated with clinical trials.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Mar 3, 2016
Removing Barriers to Clinical Research Act of 2016
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to expand Medicare coverage of costs associated with clinical trials. Under current law, Medicare covers routine costs of care furnished to a beneficiary enrolled in a category A (experimental) clinical trial of a medical device intended for use in the diagnosis, monitoring, or treatment of an immediately life-threatening disease or condition. The bill requires Medicare to also cover, with respect to a beneficiary enrolled in a category B (non-experimental) clinical trial, routine costs of care as well as the cost of the device under investigation.
A trial of a medical device shall, for purposes of Medicare coverage, be deemed to meet the definition of a category A or category B clinical trial, as the case may be, if the trial is conducted under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act's investigational use exemption.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Removing Barriers to Clinical Research Act of 2016
Latest action (Mar 9, 2016): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Policy area: Health · Origin: House · Introduced: Mar 3, 2016
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.