US SB1044 | 2017-2018 | 115th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)
Status: Introduced on May 4 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-05-04 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on May 4 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-05-04 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Ensuring Seniors Access to Local Pharmacies Act of 2017 This bill modifies requirements regarding access to preferred pharmacies (i.e., pharmacies that provide reduced enrollee cost sharing for prescription drugs) under a Medicare prescription drug plan (PDP). Specifically, if a Medicare PDP has, in its pharmacy network, one or more preferred pharmacies located in a health shortage or medically underserved area, then the PDP sponsor must allow any pharmacy in the health shortage or medically underserved area to join the preferred pharmacy network under comparable terms and conditions.
Title
Ensuring Seniors Access to Local Pharmacies Act of 2017
Sponsors
| Sen. Shelley Capito [R-WV] | Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH] | Sen. Tom Cotton [R-AR] | Sen. Joe Manchin [D-WV] |
| Sen. John Boozman [R-AR] | Sen. Roger Wicker [R-MS] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2017-05-04 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
Same As/Similar To
HB1939 (Related) 2017-04-17 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Subjects
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/1044/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s1044/BILLS-115s1044is.pdf |
