legislation: 104-hr-3959

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104-hr-3959 104 hr 3959 Medicare Cancer Clinical Trial Program Coverage Act of 1996 Health 1996-08-02 1996-08-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. House Rep. Johnson, Nancy L. [R-CT-6] CT R J000163 1 Medicare Cancer Clinical Trial Program Coverage Act of 1996 - 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 routine patient care costs if coverage were extended to Medicare beneficiaries with a diagnosis other than cancer. 2025-08-21T20:15:37Z  

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