Access to Cancer Clinical Trials Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2021
Sponsor: Rep. Pryce, Deborah [R-OH-15]
Introduced: 2003-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Clinical trials
Collective bargaining
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost accounting
Discrimination in insurance
Discrimination in medical care
Employee health benefits
Finance and Financial Sector
Health insurance
Labor and Employment
Labor contracts
Medical economics
Medical fees
Medical research
Patients' rights
Peer review organizations (Medicine)
Pharmaceutical research
Science, Technology, Communications
Standards

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Access to Cancer Clinical Trials Act of 2003 - Amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and the Internal Revenue Code to provide coverage for qualified individuals participating in approved cancer clinical trials if a group health plan or an issuer offering health insurance coverage in connection with a group health plan or in the individual market otherwise provides coverage to such an individual.
Directs the Secretaries of Health and Human Services (HHS), of Labor, and of the Treasury to: (1) analyze cancer clinical research and its cost implications for managed care; and (2) report to Congress an assessment of any incremental cost to group health plans resulting from this Act and any recommendations regarding action on other diseases.
Requires the Secretaries of Labor, of the Treasury, and of HHS to ensure coordinated administration of this Act.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
action_date: 2003-05-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-05-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and 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.
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and 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.
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and 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.
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and 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.
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Introduced in House