Beneficiary Access to Care Act of 2003

Summary

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.

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Timeline

1. 27 February 2003

   Introduced

   Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.

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2. 27 February 2003

   Introduced

   Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 27 February 2003

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 27 February 2003

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

5. 10 March 2003

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

   Source: Committee

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• Introduced in House · 27 February 2003 · Download file

Documents

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Sponsors

• Rep. Shaw, E. Clay, Jr. [R-FL-22] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Foley, Mark [R-FL-16] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Hayworth, J. D. [R-AZ-5] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Camp, Dave [R-MI-4] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Crane, Philip M. [R-IL-8] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. McInnis, Scott [R-CO-3] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Davis, Jo Ann [R-VA-1] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Goode, Virgil H., Jr. [R-VA-5] · R · Cosponsor
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