HR 5604 · 110th Congress 2007–2009, ended

Medicare Part D Home and Community Services Copayment Equity Act of 2008

Introduced Mar 13, 2008 Originated House Sponsor Lloyd Doggett D-TX

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 19, 2008 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.

  1. IntroducedMar 13, 2008
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Medicare Part D Home and Community Services Copayment Equity Act of 2008 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to eliminate part D cost-sharing for certain non-institutionalized full-benefit dual eligible individuals with income below 135% of the poverty line who: (1) reside in an assisted living facility, a resident care program facility, a board and care facility, or any other appropriate licensed facility, including a community mental health center, a psychiatric health facility, a mental health rehabilitation center, and a mental retardation developmental disability facility; or (2) receive home and community-based services in a home setting under a home and community-based waiver.

Cosponsors 28

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 13, 2008 to Sep 22, 2008, with 16 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-TXAl GreenOriginalMar 13, 2008
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalMar 13, 2008
D-NYCarolyn McCarthyOriginalMar 13, 2008
D-CADoris O. MatsuiOriginalMar 13, 2008
R-FLIleana Ros-LehtinenOriginalMar 13, 2008
D-VAJames P. MoranOriginalMar 13, 2008
R-MNJim RamstadOriginalMar 13, 2008
R-FLLincoln Diaz-BalartOriginalMar 13, 2008
D-CALinda T. SánchezOriginalMar 13, 2008
R-FLMario Diaz-BalartOriginalMar 13, 2008
D-RIPatrick J. KennedyOriginalMar 13, 2008
R-WVShelley Moore CapitoOriginalMar 13, 2008
D-TNSteve CohenOriginalMar 13, 2008
D-METhomas H. AllenOriginalMar 13, 2008
D-PATim HoldenOriginalMar 13, 2008
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Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 19, 2008Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. Mar 14, 2008Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
  3. Mar 13, 2008Introduced in House
  4. Mar 13, 2008Referred 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.

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 1107Home and Community Services Copayment Equity Act of 2007Related billApr 12, 2007

Subjects

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

Text 1

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  1. Mar 13, 2008Introduced in House

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