HR 928 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act of 2013

Introduced Feb 28, 2013 Originated House Sponsor Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 7, 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.

  1. IntroducedFeb 28, 2013
  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 2013 - 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 8

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 28, 2013 to Dec 12, 2013, with 4 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalFeb 28, 2013
D-MEChellie PingreeOriginalFeb 28, 2013
D-CAGeorge MillerOriginalFeb 28, 2013
D-CASam FarrOriginalFeb 28, 2013
D-CODiana DeGetteMar 5, 2013
D-NHCarol Shea-PorterJun 4, 2013
D-RIDavid N. CicillineSep 10, 2013
D-NYJerrold NadlerDec 12, 2013

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 7, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. Mar 1, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  3. Feb 28, 2013Introduced in House
  4. Feb 28, 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.

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 408Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act of 2013Related billFeb 28, 2013

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Feb 28, 2013Introduced in House

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