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Version 82 · Passed Senate without amendment · Sep 4, 2007
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Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should: (1) begin an immediate reconsideration of the final National Coverage Determination on the Use of Erythropoiesis Stimulating Agents in Cancer and Related Neoplastic Conditions (CAG-000383N); (2) consult with members of the clinical oncology community to determine appropriate revisions to it: and (3) implement such revisions as soon as feasible, and brief Congress in advance of announcing such changes.
People & committees
Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] · R–PA
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Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S11080-11081)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S11080-11081)
Senate Committee on Finance discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S11080-11081)
Senate Committee on Finance discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S11080-11081)
Referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10943-10944)
Introduced in Senate
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