Ensuring Seniors Access to Local Pharmacies Act of 2021
Latest action · Apr 16, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Progress
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- IntroducedApr 15, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Ensuring Seniors Access to Local Pharmacies Act of 2021
This bill establishes several requirements for prescription drug plans under the Medicare prescription drug benefit.
Specifically, the bill requires prescription drug plans to allow any pharmacy located in a health professional shortage area, a medically underserved area, or a rural area to be included as an in-network pharmacy if the plan already has other in-network pharmacies in the same area.
The bill also establishes certain standards for prescription drug plans regarding pharmacy reimbursements and related disclosures. Among other things, the bill prohibits prescription drug plans from reimbursing a pharmacy in an amount that is less than the amount the pharmacy benefits manager (PBM) reimburses an affiliated pharmacy (i.e., a pharmacy that has a shared ownership interest with the PBM) for the same services.
Cosponsors 21
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 15, 2021 to Aug 9, 2022, with 8 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AR | Bruce Westerman | Original | Apr 15, 2021 |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Original | Apr 15, 2021 |
| D-IA | Cynthia Axne | Original | Apr 15, 2021 |
| R-GA | Earl L. "Buddy" Carter | Original | Apr 15, 2021 |
| R-AR | Eric A. "Rick" Crawford | Original | Apr 15, 2021 |
| R-VA | H. Morgan Griffith | Original | Apr 15, 2021 |
| R-GA | Rick W. Allen | Original | Apr 15, 2021 |
| D-TX | Vicente Gonzalez | Original | Apr 15, 2021 |
| R-NY | Elise M. Stefanik | Apr 21, 2021 | |
| R-NJ | Jefferson Van Drew | May 4, 2021 | |
| R-SC | William R. Timmons IV | May 4, 2021 | |
| R-AR | J. French Hill | Jun 4, 2021 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Jun 4, 2021 | |
| R-TN | David Kustoff | Jun 8, 2021 | |
| R-WI | Glenn Grothman | Jun 15, 2021 | |
| R-MO | Vicky Hartzler | Jul 1, 2021 | |
| R-AL | Jerry L. Carl | Aug 23, 2021 | |
| R-AL | Mike Rogers | Aug 23, 2021 | |
| R-PA | Fred Keller | Sep 10, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Nov 15, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Aug 9, 2022 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 16, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Apr 15, 2021Introduced in House
- Apr 15, 2021Referred 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.
- Apr 15, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Apr 15, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
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Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 15, 2021Introduced in House
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