US Congress House Bill 2977 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on August 1 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-08-02 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Medicare Safe Needle Disposal Coverage Act of 2013 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover as a part D drug any devices approved for home use by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the safe and effective containment, removal, decontamination, and disposal of home-generated needles, syringes, and other sharps through a sharps container, decontamination/destructive device, or sharps-by-mail program or similar program.

Medicare Safe Needle Disposal Coverage Act of 2013

Rep. Ed Whitfield [R-KY]

Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-08-02	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2013-08-01	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2013-08-01	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2013-08-01	House	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.

SB672 (Same As) 2013-04-09 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/2977/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr2977/BILLS-113hr2977ih.pdf