S 10 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage Act of 2001

Introduced Jan 22, 2001 Originated Senate Sponsor Thomas A. Daschle D-SD

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Jan 22, 2001 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S155-163)

Progress

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  1. IntroducedJan 22, 2001
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage Act of 2001 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to add a new part D (Outpatient Prescription Drug Benefit Program) (OPDBP) to provide Medicare coverage of certain outpatient prescription drugs and biological products for individuals entitled to benefits under Medicare part A (Hospital Insurance) or enrolled under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance).

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for an outpatient prescription drug benefit program for eligible Medicare beneficiaries.

Outlines premiums and cost-sharing provisions, including those for a $250 deductible waivable for generic drugs, as well as coinsurance provisions.

Sets out patient protections.

Authorizes the Secretary to develop and implement an Employer Incentive Program that encourages sponsors of employment-based health care coverage to provide adequate prescription drug benefits to retired individuals.

Establishes a Medicare Pharmacy and Therapeutics Advisory Committee.

Amends SSA title XVIII part C (Medicare+Choice) to require each Medicare+Choice plan, with specified exceptions, to provide enrolled members items and services for which benefits are available under new part D.

Amends SSA title XVIII part D to exclude Medicare part D costs from determination of the part B monthly premium.

Amends SSA title XIX (Medicaid) to: (1) include in Medicare cost-sharing for qualified Medicare beneficiaries premiums under OPDBP; and (2) provide for expanding medical assistance with regard to OPDBP coinsurance and deductible. Sets at 100 percent the Federal Medicaid percentage with respect to such medical assistance.

Amends SSA title XI to increase Medicaid payments to territories.

Amends SSA title XVIII to revise requirements for benefit packages for Medicare supplemental policies, and with regard to comprehensive immunosuppressive drug coverage for transplant patients.

Directs the Secretary to study whether to: (1) establish a uniform format for pharmacy benefit cards provided to beneficiaries by eligible entities under OPDBP; and (2) develop systems to transfer prescriptions electronically under OPDBP from the prescriber to the pharmacist.

Outlines provisions for General Accounting Office and Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) studies involving OPDBP.

Cosponsors 32

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jan 22, 2001.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MDBarbara A. MikulskiOriginalJan 22, 2001
D-CABarbara BoxerOriginalJan 22, 2001
D-FLBill NelsonOriginalJan 22, 2001
D-ARBlanche L. LincolnOriginalJan 22, 2001
D-FLBob GrahamOriginalJan 22, 2001
D-NDByron L. DorganOriginalJan 22, 2001
D-MICarl LevinOriginalJan 22, 2001
D-NYCharles E. SchumerOriginalJan 22, 2001
D-CTChristopher J. DoddOriginalJan 22, 2001
D-HIDaniel K. AkakaOriginalJan 22, 2001
D-HIDaniel K. InouyeOriginalJan 22, 2001
D-MIDebbie StabenowOriginalJan 22, 2001
D-MAEdward M. KennedyOriginalJan 22, 2001
D-SCErnest F. HollingsOriginalJan 22, 2001
D-NVHarry ReidOriginalJan 22, 2001
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Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
SenateFinance Committee
Referred Jan 22, 2001

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jan 22, 2001Introduced in Senate
  2. Jan 22, 2001Sponsor introductory remarks on measure.
  3. Jan 22, 2001Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S155-163)

In the Congressional Record 2

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
SenateDebate and remarks S4618Paul S. Sarbanes D-MDMay 21, 2002
SenateDebate and remarks S155Text printed S155–S163Max Baucus D-MT (text)Jan 22, 2001

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 8

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

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
S. Hrg. 107-530TREATY DOC. 96-53; CONVENTION ON THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN, ADOPTED BY THE U.N. GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON DECEMBER 18, 1979, AND SIGNED ON BEHALF OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ON JULY 17, 1980150 pagesForeign Relations CommitteeJun 13, 2002
Serial No. 107-65INTEGRATING PRESCRIPTION DRUGS INTO MEDICARE126 pagesWays and Means CommitteeApr 17, 2002
Serial No. 107-101CREATING A MEDICARE PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFIT: ASSESSING EFFORTS TO HELP AMERICA'S LOW-INCOME SENIORS140 pagesEnergy and Commerce CommitteeApr 17, 2002
Serial No. 107-44MISLEADING MAILINGS TARGETED TO SENIORS201 pagesWays and Means CommitteeJul 26, 2001
S. Hrg. 107-1054E-HEALTH AND CONSUMER EMPOWERMENT: HOW CONSUMERS CAN USE TECHNOLOGY TODAY AND IN THE FUTURE TO IMPROVE THEIR HEALTH93 pagesCommerce, Science, and Transportation CommitteeJul 23, 2001
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Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage of outpatient prescription drugs under the medicare program.
Short Titles as Introduced
Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage Act of 2001

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jan 22, 2001Introduced in Senate

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