A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to assure coverage, under State medicaid programs, of chemotherapy furnished by hospitals to patients on either an inpatient or outpatient basis, and to make clear that physicians services provided under such programs include transplants of organs and tissues, implants of materials and devices, and plastic surgery (and related services) when performed on account of disease, injury, or other surgery which is or was medically necessary.

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Amends Title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to include chemotherapy furnished by hospitals to patients on either an inpatient or outpatient basis under hospital services authorized under the Medicaid program. Stipulates that the term "physicians services" includes transplants of organs and tissues, implants of materials and devices, and plastic surgery when performed on account of disease, injury, or medically-necessary surgery.

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 13 May 1977

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