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H.R. 209 (114th)

Ensuring Access to Clinical Trials Act of 2015

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Introduced

8 January 2015

Last action

18 September 2015 · Committee

Status

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Sponsors

Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-37], Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2], Rep. Marino, Tom [R-PA-10], Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4], Rep. Amodei, Mark E. [R-NV-2], Rep. Emmer, Tom [R-MN-6], Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6], Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9], Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20], Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36], Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10], Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2], Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13], Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9], Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20], Rep. Neugebauer, Randy [R-TX-19], Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3], Rep. Fleming, John [R-LA-4], Rep. Meehan, Patrick [R-PA-7], Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-16], Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15], Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16], Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18], Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2], Rep. Palazzo, Steven M. [R-MS-4], Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2], Rep. Barletta, Lou [R-PA-11], Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4], Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2], Rep. Tsongas, Niki [D-MA-3], Rep. Costello, Ryan A. [R-PA-6], Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD], Sen. McSally, Martha [R-AZ], Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9], Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28], Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5], Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1], Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN], Rep. Roskam, Peter J. [R-IL-6], Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53], Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3], Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11], Rep. Clark, Katherine M. [D-MA-5], Rep. Perlmutter, Ed [D-CO-7], Rep. Esty, Elizabeth H. [D-CT-5], Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA], Rep. Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1], Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8]

Subjects

Healthcare

Source updated

5 December 2025

Healthcare

Summary

Ensuring Access to Clinical Trials Act of 2015 This bill amends the Improving Access to Clinical Trials Act of 2009 to repeal the sunset of, and so extend indefinitely, the exclusion from resources under titles XVI (Supplemental Security Income) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act, for eligibility purposes, of compensation in the amount of the first $2,000 per year received by individuals who participate in clinical trials for rare diseases or conditions.

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Timeline

  1. 8 January 2015

    Introduced

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

  2. 8 January 2015

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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. 8 January 2015

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 8 January 2015

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  5. 9 January 2015

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

    Source: Committee

  6. 30 March 2015

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

    Source: Committee

  7. 18 September 2015

    Committee

    Subcommittee Hearings Held.

    Source: Committee

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