US Congress House Bill 1055 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on March 11 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-03-17 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Part D Off-Label Prescription Parity Act - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to permit a prescription drug plan (PDP) sponsor offering a PDP or a MedicareAdvantage (MA) organization offering an MA-PD plan to offer coverage of covered part D drugs for uses that are determined to be for medically accepted indications based upon: (1) guidance provided by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) for determining accepted uses of covered part D drugs; and (2) supportive clinical evidence in peer reviewed medical literature.

Part D Off-Label Prescription Parity Act

Rep. Mac Thornberry [R-TX]	Rep. Larry Bucshon [R-IN]	Rep. Michael Burgess [R-TX]	Rep. Russ Carnahan [D-MO]
Rep. Charles Gonzalez [D-TX]	Rep. Nan Hayworth [R-NY]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Michael Michaud [D-ME]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-03-17	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2011-03-15	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2011-03-11	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2011-03-11	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2011-03-11	House	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.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/1055/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr1055/BILLS-112hr1055ih.pdf