The record

LegislationLegislation· Sep 2024
HR 5526

Sponsored by Diana Harshbarger (R)

Seniors’ Access to Critical Medications Act of 2024

Would have let doctors mail drugs to patients from 2025 to 2029 without breaking the Stark law.

Tradeoff

Would have let doctors mail drugs to patients from 2025 to 2029, without breaking the Stark law (the physician self- law). Would also have let cover certain home infusion pumps that miss the usual home-use rule.

What's in it

See official bill text

Passed the House by on September 23, 2024. The Senate never voted on it before the Congress ended.

  1. House

    Introduced

    (Sep 18, 2023)

  2. House

    Committee on Energy and Commerce(Sep 18, 2023)

    The bill went to more than one committee at the same time.

  3. House

    The Committee on Energy and Commerce voted to send it to the floor

    Reported 41 - 0(Jun 12, 2024)

    Committee report H. Rept. 118-691, Part I.

  4. House

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Sep 23, 2024)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. Senate

    Received from the House

    on Finance(Sep 24, 2024)