HR 999 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act of 2011

Introduced Mar 10, 2011 Originated House Sponsor Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL

Latest action · Mar 15, 2011 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.

IntroducedMar 10, 2011
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act of 2011 - 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 31

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 10, 2011 to Aug 16, 2011; 20 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-NY	Anthony D. Weiner	Original	Mar 10, 2011
D-CA	Barbara Lee	Original	Mar 10, 2011
D-MA	Barney Frank	Original	Mar 10, 2011
D-MN	Betty McCollum	Original	Mar 10, 2011
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney	Original	Mar 10, 2011
D-ME	Chellie Pingree	Original	Mar 10, 2011
D-IL	Daniel Lipinski	Original	Mar 10, 2011
D-NC	David E. Price	Original	Mar 10, 2011
D-CO	Diana DeGette	Original	Mar 10, 2011
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne	Original	Mar 10, 2011
D-CA	Fortney Pete Stark	Original	Mar 10, 2011
D-CA	George Miller	Original	Mar 10, 2011
D-CA	Henry A. Waxman	Original	Mar 10, 2011
D-NY	Jose E. Serrano	Original	Mar 10, 2011
D-CA	Lois Capps	Original	Mar 10, 2011
D-CA	Lynn C. Woolsey	Original	Mar 10, 2011
D-NY	Maurice D. Hinchey	Original	Mar 10, 2011
D-CA	Michael M. Honda	Original	Mar 10, 2011
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva	Original	Mar 10, 2011
D-CA	Sam Farr	Original	Mar 10, 2011
D-OH	Dennis J. Kucinich		Mar 14, 2011
D-FL	Frederica S. Wilson		Mar 14, 2011
D-NY	Nita M. Lowey		Mar 16, 2011
D-MO	Russ Carnahan		Mar 16, 2011
D-TN	Steve Cohen		Mar 16, 2011
D-FL	Theodore E. Deutch		Mar 16, 2011
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio		May 10, 2011
D-NY	Brian Higgins		Jun 15, 2011
D-FL	Kathy Castor		Jun 21, 2011
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.		Aug 16, 2011
D-GA	John Lewis		Aug 16, 2011

Committees 2

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 10, 2011
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Mar 15, 2011
House	Ways and Means Committee	Referred Mar 10, 2011
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Mar 14, 2011

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 15, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 14, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 10, 2011Introduced in House
Mar 10, 2011Referred 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.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution (Clause 3), which grants Congress the power to regulate commerce among the several states.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H1725.

Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 560	Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act of 2011	Identical bill	Mar 10, 2011

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 deliver a meaningful benefit and lower prescription drug prices under the Medicare Program.
Short Titles as Introduced: Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act of 2011

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Mar 10, 2011Introduced in House

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