Medication Therapy Management Empowerment Act of 2013
Latest action · Mar 8, 2013 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 7, 2013
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Medication Therapy Management Empowerment Act of 2013 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide access to services under medication therapy management programs for Medicare part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Program) eligible individuals with a single chronic disease.
Allows the application of this Act only if the Chief Actuary for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services determines that such application with regard to a particular single chronic disease is not projected to increase overall costs to the Medicare program over the following five year period.
Cosponsors 170
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 12, 2013 to Jul 31, 2014.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IA | Bruce L. Braley | Mar 12, 2013 | |
| D-IA | David Loebsack | Mar 12, 2013 | |
| R-NE | Lee Terry | Mar 12, 2013 | |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Mar 12, 2013 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Mar 14, 2013 | |
| D-NY | Daniel B. Maffei | Mar 15, 2013 | |
| R-WV | Shelley Moore Capito | Mar 15, 2013 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Mar 18, 2013 | |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | Mar 18, 2013 | |
| D-PA | Allyson Y. Schwartz | Mar 19, 2013 | |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Mar 19, 2013 | |
| D-UT | Jim Matheson | Mar 19, 2013 | |
| D-OR | Kurt Schrader | Mar 19, 2013 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Mar 25, 2013 | |
| R-NV | Joseph J. Heck | Mar 25, 2013 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 8, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Mar 7, 2013Introduced in House
- Mar 7, 2013Referred 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.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
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- Mar 7, 2013Introduced in House
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