US Congress Senate Bill 534 (Prior Session Legislation)

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March 5 2009 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Home and Community Services Copayment Equity Act of 2009 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to eliminate part D cost-sharing for certain non-institutionalized full-benefit dual eligible individuals with income below 135% of the poverty line who: (1) reside in an assisted living facility, a resident care program facility, a board and care facility, or any other appropriate licenced facility, including a community mental health center, a psychiatric health facility, a mental health rehabilitation center, and a mental retardation developmental disability facility; or (2) receive home and community-based services in a home setting under a home and community-based waiver.

Home and Community Services Copayment Equity Act of 2009

Sen Bingaman, Jeff	Sen Brown, Sherrod	Sen Klobuchar, Amy	Sen Stabenow, Debbie
Sen Nelson, Bill	Sen Lincoln, Blanche L.	Sen Collins, Susan M.

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-03-05		Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

HB1407 (Related) 2009-03-11 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN00534:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-111s534is/pdf/BILLS-111s534is.pdf