HR 684 · 111th Congress 2009–2011, ended

Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act of 2009

Introduced Jan 26, 2009 Originated House Sponsor Marion Berry D-AR

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jan 27, 2009 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. IntroducedJan 26, 2009
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act of 2009 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for: (1) establishment of one or more Medicare operated prescription drug plan options; and (2) an appeals process for denials of benefits under a Medicare operated prescription drug plan.

Cosponsors 28

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 26, 2009 to Dec 16, 2009, with 13 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalJan 26, 2009
D-MABarney FrankOriginalJan 26, 2009
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalJan 26, 2009
D-CABob FilnerOriginalJan 26, 2009
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOriginalJan 26, 2009
D-MEChellie PingreeOriginalJan 26, 2009
D-MDChris Van HollenOriginalJan 26, 2009
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalJan 26, 2009
D-MAJohn F. TierneyOriginalJan 26, 2009
D-NYMaurice D. HincheyOriginalJan 26, 2009
D-HINeil AbercrombieOriginalJan 26, 2009
D-RIPatrick J. KennedyOriginalJan 26, 2009
D-NYTimothy H. BishopOriginalJan 26, 2009
D-MAJohn W. OlverFeb 4, 2009
D-CALois CappsFeb 4, 2009
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Actions 5

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jan 27, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. Jan 26, 2009Introduced in House
  3. Jan 26, 2009Referred to House Energy and Commerce
  4. Jan 26, 2009Referred to House Ways and Means
  5. Jan 26, 2009Referred 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 330Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act of 2009Identical billJan 27, 2009

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jan 26, 2009Introduced in House

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