HR 1243 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Prescription Drug Benefit Equity Act of 2003

Introduced Mar 12, 2003 Originated House Sponsor Nita M. Lowey D-NY

Latest action · Apr 7, 2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

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.

IntroducedMar 12, 2003
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Prescription Drug Benefit Equity Act of 2003 - Amends the Public Health Service Act (regarding group health plans, health insurance issuers offering group insurance, and health insurance offered in the individual market), the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) (regarding group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group insurance), the Internal Revenue Code (regarding group health plans), title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) (regarding Medicare+Choice plans, health maintenance organizations (HMOs), competitive medical plans, Medicare supplemental health insurance policies (Medigap), and Medicare select policies), SSA title XIX (Medicaid) (regarding State plans), and provisions of the U.S. Code relating to the Federal Employees Health Benefits Plan (regarding contracting with carriers offering health benefits plans) to require that, if mail-order prescription drug coverage is provided, non-mail-order prescription drug coverage must also be provided.

Cosponsors 17

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 12, 2003 to Oct 30, 2003; 10 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
I-VT	Bernard Sanders	Original	Mar 12, 2003
D-IL	Danny K. Davis	Original	Mar 12, 2003
D-CA	Diane E. Watson	Original	Mar 12, 2003
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.	Original	Mar 12, 2003
D-IN	Julia Carson	Original	Mar 12, 2003
D-CA	Lynn C. Woolsey	Original	Mar 12, 2003
D-AR	Marion Berry	Original	Mar 12, 2003
D-NY	Michael R. McNulty	Original	Mar 12, 2003
D-IL	Rahm Emanuel	Original	Mar 12, 2003
D-NJ	Steven R. Rothman	Original	Mar 12, 2003
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks		May 21, 2003
D-TX	Martin Frost		May 21, 2003
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Jun 3, 2003
R-VA	Jo Ann Davis		Jun 17, 2003
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee		Jun 17, 2003
D-FL	Robert Wexler		Oct 7, 2003
R-LA	Rodney Alexander		Oct 30, 2003

Committees 4

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 Mar 12, 2003
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Mar 24, 2003
House	Ways and Means Committee	Referred Mar 12, 2003
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Mar 25, 2003
House	Education and Workforce Committee	Referred Mar 12, 2003
	Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee	Referred Apr 7, 2003
House	Oversight and Government Reform Committee	Referred Mar 12, 2003
	Civil Service and Agency Organization Subcommittee	Referred Mar 25, 2003

Actions 6

Everything that happened, newest first.

Apr 7, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Mar 25, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 25, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization.
Mar 24, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 12, 2003Introduced in House

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Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: To assure equitable treatment in health care coverage of prescription drugs under group health plans, health insurance coverage, Medicare and Medicaid managed care arrangements, Medigap insurance coverage, and health plans under the Federal employees' health benefits program (FEHBP).
Short Titles as Introduced: Prescription Drug Benefit Equity Act of 2003

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Mar 12, 2003Introduced in House

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