US Congress House Bill 3392 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)
Status: Introduced on October 30 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-11-01 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Medicare Part D Patient Safety and Drug Abuse Prevention Act of 2013 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to establish a safe pharmacy access program under which a prescription drug plan (PDP) sponsor (or a Medicare Advantage (MA) organization offering an MA-PD plan) shall have in place procedures designed to prevent fraud and abuse in the dispensing of certain controlled substances under Medicare part D. Allows a PDP sponsor to suspend payments and clean claim notifications to a pharmacy pending an investigation of a credible allegation of fraud against the pharmacy, unless the Secretary determines there is a good cause not to suspend payments. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), under contracts entered into under the Medicare integrity program with Medicare drug integrity contractors (MEDICs), to authorize such MEDICs to obtain prescription and medical records directly from entities such as pharmacies, PDPs, and physicians. Requires a MEDIC to acknowledge receipt of a PDP sponsor referral of information for investigation, report back to the sponsor the investigation results within 45 days, and share them with appropriate agencies. Requires electronic transmission (e-prescribing) of prescriptions for certain covered Medicare part D controlled substances.

Medicare Part D Patient Safety and Drug Abuse Prevention Act of 2013

Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R-FL]	Rep. Billy Long [R-MO]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. Harold Rogers [R-KY]
Rep. Dennis Ross [R-FL]	Rep. Ed Whitfield [R-KY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-11-01	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2013-10-30	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2013-10-30	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2013-10-30	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/113th-congress/house-bill/3392/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr3392/BILLS-113hr3392ih.pdf