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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7839 

To amend the Medicare IVIG Access and Strengthening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers Act of 2012 to extend the Medicare Patient IVIG Access 

Demonstration Project. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 29, 2020 

Ms. MATSUI (for herself and Mr. BRADY) introduced the following bill; which 

was 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 

A BILL 

To amend the Medicare IVIG Access and Strengthening 

Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers Act of 2012 to extend 

the Medicare Patient IVIG Access Demonstration 

Project. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Continuing Access to 

5 In-Home IVIG Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF MEDICARE PATIENT IVIG ACCESS 

2 DEMONSTRATION PROJECT. 

3 (a) EXTENSION OF DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.— 

4 Section 101(b) of the Medicare IVIG Access and Strength5 ening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers Act of 2012 (42 

6 U.S.C. 13951 note) is amended— 

7 (1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the 

8 following: 

9 ‘‘(1) DURATION.—Beginning not later than one 

10 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the 

11 Secretary shall conduct the demonstration project 

12 for a period of 3 years and, subject to the avail13 ability of funds under subsection (g), the period be14 ginning on October 1, 2017, and ending on Decem15 ber 31, 2022.’’; and 

16 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

17 (A) by striking ‘‘4,000’’ and inserting 

18 ‘‘6,500’’; and 

19 (B) by striking ‘‘2020’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘2022’’. 

21 (b) UPDATED EVALUATION AND REPORT.—Section 

22 101(f) is amended— 

23 (1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para24 graph (3); and 

25 (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol26 lowing new paragraph: 


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1 ‘‘(2) UPDATED EVALUATION AND REPORT.— 

2 Not later than one year after the date of the enact3 ment of the Continuing Access to In-Home IVIG 

4 Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress an up5 dated report that contains the following: 

6 ‘‘(A) The total number of beneficiaries en7 rolled in the demonstration project during the 

8 updated report period. 

9 ‘‘(B) The total number of claims submitted 

10 for services during the updated report period, 

11 disaggregated by month. 

12 ‘‘(C) An analysis of the impact of the dem13 onstration on beneficiary access to the in-home 

14 administration of intravenous immune globin, 

15 including the impact on beneficiary health and 

16 well-being. 

17 ‘‘(D) An analysis of the impact of in-home 

18 administration of intravenous immune globin on 

19 overall costs to Medicare, including the cost dif20 ferential between in-home administration of in21 travenous immune globin and administration of 

22 intravenous immune globin in a healthcare fa23 cility. 

24 ‘‘(E) A survey of providers and enrolled 

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1 tion project that identifies barriers to accessing 

2 services, including reimbursement for items and 

3 services. 

4 ‘‘(F) Recommendations to Congress on the 

5 appropriateness of establishing a permanent 

6 bundled services payment for the in-home ad7 ministration of intravenous immune globin for 

8 Medicare beneficiaries.’’. 

9 (c) DEFINITION OF UPDATED REPORT PERIOD.— 

10 Section 101(h) is amended by adding at the end the fol11 lowing new paragraph: 

12 ‘‘(4) UPDATED REPORT PERIOD.—The term 

13 ‘updated report period’ means the period beginning 

14 on October 1, 2014, and ending on September 30, 

15 2020.’’. 

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