Real-Time Beneficiary Drug Cost Bill
Latest action · Jun 24, 2019 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.
- IntroducedJun 21, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Real-Time Beneficiary Drug Cost Bill
This bill provides statutory authority for certain provisions of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services rule titled "Modernizing Part D and Medicare Advantage to Lower Drug Prices and Reduce Out-of-Pocket Expenses," published on May 23, 2019. The rule requires, in part, Medicare prescription drug plan sponsors to implement an electronic, real-time benefit tool that is capable of integrating with at least one prescriber's electronic prescribing system or electronic health record. The tool must provide prescribers with patient-specific, real-time formulary and benefit information, including information regarding cost-sharing, formulary alternatives, and utilization management requirements. The rule takes effect January 1, 2021.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 21, 2019 to Dec 9, 2019; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TX | Jodey C. Arrington | Original | Jun 21, 2019 |
| D-VA | Abigail Davis Spanberger | Sep 11, 2019 | |
| D-MI | Daniel T. Kildee | Sep 11, 2019 | |
| D-OK | Kendra S. Horn | Dec 9, 2019 |
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 Jun 21, 2019 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jun 24, 2019 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jun 21, 2019 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 24, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jun 21, 2019Introduced in House
- Jun 21, 2019Referred 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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 105, June 21, 2019, pages H5038, H5037.
Related bills 6
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 19 | Lower Costs, More Cures Act of 2019 | Related bill | Dec 19, 2019 |
| HR 2115 | Public Disclosure of Drug Discounts and Real-Time Beneficiary Drug Cost Act | Related bill | Oct 29, 2019 |
| HR 2296 | More Efficient Tools to Realize Information for Consumers Act | Related bill | Sep 24, 2019 |
| S 3129 | Lower Costs, More Cures Act of 2019 | Related bill | Dec 19, 2019 |
| HR 3408 | Shop Rx Act of 2019 | Related bill | Jun 24, 2019 |
| HR 3417 | BETTER Act of 2019 | Related bill | Dec 24, 2020 |
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 require prescription drug plan sponsors to include real-time benefit information as part of such sponsor's electronic prescription program under the Medicare program.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Real-Time Beneficiary Drug Cost Bill
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 21, 2019Introduced 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.
