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SHORT TITLE(S) AS INTRODUCED:
Medicare Cancer Clinical Trial Coverage Act of 1997
OFFICIAL TITLE AS INTRODUCED:
A bill to establish a demonstration project to study and provide coverage of routine patient care costs for medicare beneficiaries with cancer who are enrolled in an approved clinical trail program.
S.381 (Senate Bill number from 105th congress)
RELATED BILLS: H.R.1628 (House of Representatives number from 105th congress)
SPONSOR: Sen Rockefeller (introduced 02/27/97)
Contact Information:
John Rockefeller D-West Virginia
E-mail: senator@rockefeller.senate.gov
Web: www.senate.gov/~rockefeller
Phone: (202) 224-6472
Fax: (202) 224-7665
Address:
531 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
District Office: Charleston
District Phone: 304-347-5372
SUMMARY:
(AS INTRODUCED)
Medicare Cancer Clinical Trial Coverage Act of 1997 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a demonstration project which provides for payment under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act of routine patient care costs for Medicare beneficiaries with cancer who are enrolled in an approved clinical trial program, while still applying the beneficiary cost sharing provisions of such program to project participants.
Directs the Secretary to study and report to the Congress on the impact on Medicare of covering such costs as well as the cost of extending routine patient care coverage to Medicare beneficiaries with a diagnosis other than cancer.