HR 6800 · 110th Congress 2007–2009, ended

Medicare Drugs for Seniors (MEDS) Act of 2008

Introduced Aug 1, 2008 Originated House Sponsor Dennis J. Kucinich D-OH

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Latest action · Aug 1, 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. IntroducedAug 1, 2008
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Medicare Drugs for Seniors (MEDS) Act of 2008 -Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to replace the current part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) program, adopted by the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003, with a revised prescription drug benefit program under a new part D (Prescription Medicine Benefit for the Aged and Disabled) for all Medicare beneficiaries.

Provides for reductions in the price of prescription drugs for Medicare beneficiaries.

Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to: (1) revise requirements with respect to the commercial and personal importation of prescription drugs and the disposition of certain drugs denied admission; and (2) prescribe requirements with respect to Internet sales of prescription drugs.

Provides that if any federal agency or any non-profit entity undertakes federally funded health care research and development, and is to convey or provide a patent or other exclusive right to use such research and development for a drug or other health care technology, such agency or entity shall not make such conveyance or provide such patent or other right until the recipient first agrees to a reasonable pricing agreement with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, or the Secretary determines that the public interest is served by a waiver of the reasonable pricing agreement.

Sets forth Medigap transition requirements.

Cosponsors 20

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Aug 1, 2008 to Sep 17, 2008; 19 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-INAndré CarsonOriginalAug 1, 2008
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalAug 1, 2008
D-CABob FilnerOriginalAug 1, 2008
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalAug 1, 2008
D-TXEddie Bernice JohnsonOriginalAug 1, 2008
D-MDElijah E. CummingsOriginalAug 1, 2008
D-NYJerrold NadlerOriginalAug 1, 2008
D-ILJesse L. Jackson, Jr.OriginalAug 1, 2008
D-MIJohn Conyers, Jr.OriginalAug 1, 2008
D-MNKeith EllisonOriginalAug 1, 2008
D-CALynn C. WoolseyOriginalAug 1, 2008
D-OHMarcy KapturOriginalAug 1, 2008
D-NYMaurice D. HincheyOriginalAug 1, 2008
D-HIMazie K. HironoOriginalAug 1, 2008
D-HINeil AbercrombieOriginalAug 1, 2008
D-ORPeter A. DeFazioOriginalAug 1, 2008
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalAug 1, 2008
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeOriginalAug 1, 2008
D-LAWilliam J. JeffersonOriginalAug 1, 2008
D-WITammy BaldwinSep 17, 2008

Committees 2

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEnergy and Commerce Committee
Referred Aug 1, 2008
Health Subcommittee
Referred Aug 1, 2008
HouseWays and Means Committee
Referred Aug 1, 2008

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Aug 1, 2008Introduced in House
  2. Aug 1, 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.
  3. Aug 1, 2008Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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
HouseDebate and remarks H10688Dennis J. Kucinich D-OHOct 2, 2008
ExtensionsDebate and remarks E1695Dennis J. Kucinich D-OHAug 1, 2008

Titles 2

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 replace the Medicare prescription drug benefit adopted by the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 with a revised and simplified prescription benefit program for all Medicare beneficiaries.
Short Titles as Introduced
Medicare Drugs for Seniors (MEDS) Act of 2008

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Aug 1, 2008Introduced in House

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