Protecting Access to Diabetes Supplies Act of 2017
Latest action · Dec 6, 2017 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 329.
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.
- IntroducedJul 17, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Protecting Access to Diabetes Supplies Act of 2017
(Sec. 2) This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to modify provisions relating to Medicare's competitive acquisition program (through which rates are set through a competitive bidding program rather than by an established fee schedule) with respect to diabetic testing strips. Specifically, the bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to:
- use specified data to determine whether a bid satisfies certain requirements related to volume of coverage with respect to such products,
- reject a bid if the bidder does not demonstrate its ability to furnish such products in a manner consistent with its bid, and
- establish a process to monitor the extent to which an entity continues to cover the product types included in its bid.
The CMS may terminate a contract if it determines that an entity, for reasons other than product discontinuation or market-wide shortage, fails to maintain ready access to such products included its bid.
In addition, the bill specifies that an entity furnishing such products to beneficiaries under the program: (1) must furnish to each beneficiary a brand of strips that is compatible with the beneficiary's home blood glucose monitor, (2) may not attempt to influence or incentivize a beneficiary to switch the brand of either type of product, and (3) must contact and receive a request from a beneficiary no more than 14 days prior to dispensing a refill to the beneficiary.
Cosponsors 12
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 17, 2017 to Oct 24, 2017; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IN | Susan W. Brooks | Original | Jul 17, 2017 |
| R-NY | Tom Reed | Original | Jul 17, 2017 |
| R-KY | Brett Guthrie | Jul 27, 2017 | |
| R-FL | Gus M. Bilirakis | Jul 28, 2017 | |
| R-IL | Rodney Davis | Jul 28, 2017 | |
| R-OH | Bill Johnson | Sep 7, 2017 | |
| R-IN | Larry Bucshon | Sep 7, 2017 | |
| R-CO | Scott R. Tipton | Sep 8, 2017 | |
| R-IN | Jackie Walorski | Oct 3, 2017 | |
| R-PA | Ryan A. Costello | Oct 3, 2017 | |
| R-MO | Billy Long | Oct 5, 2017 | |
| R-IL | Peter J. Roskam | Oct 24, 2017 |
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 Jul 17, 2017Markup Oct 4, 2017Reported Dec 6, 2017 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jul 21, 2017Markup Sep 13, 2017Reported Sep 13, 2017 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jul 17, 2017Discharged Dec 6, 2017 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jul 31, 2017 |
Actions 11
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 6, 2017Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 115-447, Part I.
- Dec 6, 2017Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
- Dec 6, 2017Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 329.
- Oct 4, 2017Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Oct 4, 2017Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Sep 13, 2017Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Sep 13, 2017Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
- Jul 31, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jul 21, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jul 17, 2017Introduced in House
- Jul 17, 2017Referred 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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Oct 24, 2017H.R. 3271, Protecting Access to Diabetes Supplies Act of 2017As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on October 4, 2017
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 120, July 17, 2017, page H5921.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 115-55 | MODERNIZING FDA'S REGULATION OF OVER-THE-COUNTER DRUGS156 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Sep 13, 2017 |
| Serial No. 115-47 | EXAMINING BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TO IMPROVE THE MEDICARE PROGRAM214 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Jul 20, 2017 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1892 | Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 | Related bill | Feb 9, 2018 |
| S 1914 | Protecting Access to Diabetes Supplies Act of 2017 | Related bill | Oct 4, 2017 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act in order to strengthen rules in case of competition for diabetic testing strips, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Protecting Access to Diabetes Supplies Act of 2017
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Protecting Access to Diabetes Supplies Act of 2017
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 6, 2017Reported in House
- Jul 17, 2017Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
