HR 339 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Medicare Outpatient Prescription Drug Coverage Act of 2001

Introduced Jan 31, 2001 Originated House Sponsor Eliot L. Engel D-NY

Latest action · Mar 14, 2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedJan 31, 2001
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Medicare Outpatient Prescription Drug Coverage Act of 2001 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) provide for coverage of certain outpatient prescription drugs and biologicals; (2) outline payment rules; (3) establish an enforcement mechanism governing participating pharmacies dispensing covered outpatient prescription drugs and biologicals, providing for civil money penalties in appropriate cases; (4) prohibit payment from being made under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) for any expense incurred for a covered outpatient drug or biological dispensed in excess of a certain quantity, generally a 30-day supply; and (5) direct the Director of the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment (sic) to provide for appointment of a Prescription Drug Payment Review Commission.

Cosponsors 8

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 31, 2001 to Jun 4, 2002; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-NY	Anthony D. Weiner	Original	Jan 31, 2001
D-AL	Earl F. Hilliard	Original	Jan 31, 2001
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler	Original	Jan 31, 2001
D-TX	Martin Frost	Original	Jan 31, 2001
D-NY	Michael R. McNulty	Original	Jan 31, 2001
D-IL	Danny K. Davis		Mar 20, 2001
D-NY	Major R. Owens		May 9, 2002
D-NY	John J. LaFalce		Jun 4, 2002

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Energy and Commerce Committee	Referred Jan 31, 2001
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Mar 14, 2001
House	Ways and Means Committee	Referred Jan 31, 2001
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Feb 15, 2001

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 14, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 15, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 31, 2001Introduced in House
Jan 31, 2001Referred 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.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Printed hearings 2

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 107-101	CREATING A MEDICARE PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFIT: ASSESSING EFFORTS TO HELP AMERICA'S LOW-INCOME SENIORS140 pages	Energy and Commerce Committee	Apr 17, 2002
Serial No. 107-44	MISLEADING MAILINGS TARGETED TO SENIORS201 pages	Ways and Means Committee	Jul 26, 2001

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of outpatient prescription drugs under part B of the Medicare Program, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Medicare Outpatient Prescription Drug Coverage Act of 2001
Popular Titles: Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit bill

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jan 31, 2001Introduced in House

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