Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act of 2007

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide continued entitlement to coverage for immunosuppressive drugs furnished to beneficiaries under the Medicare Program that have received a kidney transplant and whose entitlement to coverage would otherwise expire, and for other purposes.

8/1/2007--Introduced.
Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act of 2007 - Amends SSA title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) to:
(1) continue entitlement to prescription drugs used in immunosuppressive therapy furnished to an individual who receives a kidney transplant for which payment is made under Medicare; and
(2) extend Medicare secondary payer requirements for end stage renal disease (ESRD) beneficiaries. Amends title XVIII (Medicare ) of SSA to apply special rules to kidney transplant recipients receiving additional coverage for immunosuppressive drugs. Deems such individual to be enrolled under Medicare part B. Makes him or her responsible for the full amount of the applicable premiums. Applies deductible and coinsurance requirements to the provision of such drugs. Amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and the Internal Revenue Code to set forth requirements for group health plans to provide coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant patients.


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Sponsor

• Rep. David Camp [R, MI-4]
• and 72 Co-Sponsors
  • Thomas Allen
  • Rep. Tammy Baldwin [D, WI-2]
  • Rep. John Barrow [D, GA-12]
  • Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D, OR-3]
  • Rep. Henry Brown [R, SC-1]
  • Rep. Michael Burgess [R, TX-26]
  • Rep. Michael Capuano [D, MA-8]
  • Rep. André Carson [D, IN-7]
  • Rep. William Clay [D, MO-1]
  • Rep. Jim Costa [D, CA-20]
  • Rep. Elijah Cummings [D, MD-7]
  • Rep. Vernon Ehlers [R, MI-3]
  • Rep. Anna Eshoo [D, CA-14]
  • Rep. Jim Gerlach [R, PA-6]
  • Rep. Barton Gordon [D, TN-6]
  • Rep. Raymond Green [D, TX-29]
  • Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D, NY-22]
  • Rep. Peter Hoekstra [R, MI-2]
  • Rep. Michael Honda [D, CA-15]
  • Kenny Hulshof
  • Rep. Jay Inslee [D, WA-1]
  • Bobby Jindal
  • Rep. Dale Kildee [D, MI-5]
  • Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick [D, MI-13]
  • Rep. Ronald Kind [D, WI-3]
  • Rep. Mark Kirk [R, IL-10]
  • Rep. Ron Klein [D, FL-22]
  • John Kuhl
  • Rep. Thomas Latham [R, IA-4]
  • Rep. Sander Levin [D, MI-12]
  • Ron Lewis
  • Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R, NJ-2]
  • Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D, CA-16]
  • Rep. Edward Markey [D, MA-7]
  • Rep. James Marshall [D, GA-8]
  • Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D, NY-4]
  • Rep. Thaddeus McCotter [R, MI-11]
  • Rep. James McDermott [D, WA-7]
  • Rep. James McGovern [D, MA-3]
  • Rep. John McHugh [R, NY-23]
  • Rep. R. Miller [D, NC-13]
  • Rep. Candice Miller [R, MI-10]
  • Rep. James Moran [D, VA-8]
  • Rep. William Pascrell [D, NJ-8]
  • Rep. Edward Pastor [D, AZ-4]
  • Rep. Collin Peterson [D, MN-7]
  • Rep. Todd Platts [R, PA-19]
  • Jon Porter
  • Rep. David Price [D, NC-4]
  • Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R, FL-18]
  • Rep. Steven Rothman [D, NJ-9]
  • Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D, CA-34]
  • Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D, MD-2]
  • Rep. Adam Schiff [D, CA-29]
  • Rep. Joe Sestak [D, PA-7]
  • Christopher Shays
  • Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D, NH-1]
  • Rep. John Shimkus [R, IL-19]
  • Rep. Zachary Space [D, OH-18]
  • Rep. John Spratt [D, SC-5]
  • Rep. Bart Stupak [D, MI-1]
  • Rep. John Tierney [D, MA-6]
  • Rep. Edolphus Towns [D, NY-10]
  • Rep. Frederick Upton [R, MI-6]
  • Timothy Walberg
  • Rep. Zach Wamp [R, TN-3]
  • Gerald Weller
  • Rep. Robert Wexler [D, FL-19]
  • Rep. Addison Wilson [R, SC-2]
  • Rep. Frank Wolf [R, VA-10]
  • Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D, CA-6]
  • Rep. C. W. Young [R, FL-10]
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Committees

• House Energy and Commerce
• 4 more
  • House Energy and Commerce
  • House Ways and Means
  • House Education and Labor
  • House Education and Labor
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.3282

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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
August 01, 2007

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• Sep 19, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
• Aug 01, 2007: Referred to House Education and Labor
• Aug 01, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
• Aug 01, 2007: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
• Aug 01, 2007: Referred to House Ways and Means
• Aug 01, 2007: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Education and Labor, 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.
• Introduced on Aug 01, 2007.

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Related Bills:

• S.2320

Related Issue Areas:

• Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.
• Social security
• Prescription pricing
• Old age, survivors and disability insurance
• 13 more
• Medicine
• Medicare
• Medical economics
• Medical care
• Labor
• Kidney diseases
• Insurance premiums
• Immunosuppressive drugs
• Finance
• Employee health benefits
• Coinsurance
• Aged
• Health policy

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