HR 5399 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

Medicare Drug Benefit Enrollment Fairness Act of 2006

Introduced May 17, 2006 Originated House Sponsor Nancy L. Johnson R-CT

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jun 5, 2006 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman .

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.

  1. IntroducedMay 17, 2006
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Medicare Drug Benefit Enrollment Fairness Act of 2006 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to eliminate the Medicare prescription drug late enrollment penalty for months during calendar year 2006.

Amends SSA title XVIII to set additional limitations on the total amount of expenditures from the Medicare Advantage Regional Plan Stabilization Fund for periods prior to October 1, 2007, and during the period from October 1, 2007, through September 30, 2011.

Cosponsors 36

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 17, 2006 to Sep 29, 2006, with 25 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-NHCharles F. BassOriginalMay 17, 2006
R-PACharles W. DentOriginalMay 17, 2006
R-CTChristopher ShaysOriginalMay 17, 2006
R-MTDenny RehbergOriginalMay 17, 2006
R-PADon SherwoodOriginalMay 17, 2006
R-FLE. Clay Shaw Jr.OriginalMay 17, 2006
R-MIFred UptonOriginalMay 17, 2006
R-IAJames A. LeachOriginalMay 17, 2006
R-PAJim GerlachOriginalMay 17, 2006
R-MNJim RamstadOriginalMay 17, 2006
R-VAJo Ann DavisOriginalMay 17, 2006
R-NYJohn E. SweeneyOriginalMay 17, 2006
R-MIJohn J.H. "Joe" SchwarzOriginalMay 17, 2006
R-NVJon C. PorterOriginalMay 17, 2006
R-FLMark FoleyOriginalMay 17, 2006
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Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 5, 2006Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman .
  2. May 17, 2006Introduced in House
  3. May 17, 2006Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 2810Medicare Late Enrollment Assistance Act of 2006Related billMay 17, 2006
S 2811Medicare Enrollment Fairness Act of 2006Related billMay 16, 2006

Subjects

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  1. May 17, 2006Introduced in House

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