S 557 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Medication Therapy Management Empowerment Act of 2013

Introduced Mar 13, 2013 Originated Senate Sponsor Kay R. Hagan D-NC

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 13, 2013 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedMar 13, 2013
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. 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 direct the Chief Actuary of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to report to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) and to Congress on whether or not the expansion of the definition of targeted beneficiary, with respect to medication therapy management, would, if implemented, reduce spending under Medicare. Requires the report to include a certification of any determination by the Chief Actuary that such expansion would reduce such spending.

Specifies such an expansion as targeted beneficiaries with a single chronic disease that accounts for high Medicare spending, including diabetes, hypertension, heart failure, dyslipidemia, respiratory disease (such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or chronic lung disorders), bone disease-arthritis (such as osteoporosis or osteoarthritis), rheumatoid arthritis, and mental health (such as depression, schizophrenia, or bipolar disorder). (Currently a targeted beneficiary must have multiple chronic diseases.)

Requires such an expansion to take place if the report contains the certification indicated.

Cosponsors 33

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 13, 2013 to May 1, 2014, with 5 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MNAl FrankenOriginalMar 13, 2013
D-MNAmy KlobucharOriginalMar 13, 2013
R-KSPat RobertsOriginalMar 13, 2013
D-OHSherrod BrownOriginalMar 13, 2013
D-SDTim JohnsonOriginalMar 13, 2013
R-MORoy BluntMar 18, 2013
D-RISheldon WhitehouseApr 9, 2013
D-PARobert P. Casey Jr.Apr 10, 2013
R-FLMarco RubioApr 11, 2013
D-DEChristopher A. CoonsApr 16, 2013
D-MTJon TesterMay 9, 2013
D-NMMartin HeinrichMay 15, 2013
D-LAMary L. LandrieuMay 16, 2013
R-ILMark KirkMay 22, 2013
D-ILRichard J. DurbinMay 23, 2013
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  1. Mar 13, 2013Introduced in Senate
  2. Mar 13, 2013Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Subjects

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

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  1. Mar 13, 2013Introduced in Senate

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