3.0.0 1733 2023-01-15T23:18:05Z 2023-01-15T23:18:05Z House H HR 2003-04-10 108 hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing hsvr03 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2003-05-21T19:13:01Z Referred to 2003-04-10T14:06:10Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2003-04-24T18:28:37Z Referred to 2003-04-10T14:06:00Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm02 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2003-04-23T14:39:24Z Referred to 2003-04-10T14:06:05Z hsha00 Committee on House Administration House Standing Referred to 2003-04-10T14:06:15Z 2003-05-21 hsvr03 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2003-04-24 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2003-04-23 hswm02 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2003-04-10 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Veterans' Affairs, and House Administration, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsha00 Committee on House Administration 2003-04-10 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Veterans' Affairs, and House Administration, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2003-04-10 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Veterans' Affairs, and House Administration, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2003-04-10 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Veterans' Affairs, and House Administration, 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. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2003-04-10 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Veterans' Affairs, and House Administration, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2003-04-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2003-04-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C001038 Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-7] JOSEPH CROWLEY D NY 7 N A000357 Rep. Allen, Thomas H. [D-ME-1] THOMAS ALLEN D ME H. 1 2003-04-10 True K000009 Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] MARCY KAPTUR D OH 9 2003-04-10 True K000172 Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-5] DALE KILDEE D MI E. 5 2003-04-10 True S000033 Rep. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT-At Large] Bernard Sanders I VT 0 2003-04-10 True M000590 Rep. 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[D-AZ-7] Raúl Grijalva D AZ M. 7 2003-06-03 False Health Access to health care Administrative procedure Administrative remedies Antibiotics Armed Forces and National Security Auditing Business records Campaign funds Canada Chief executive officers Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Civil actions and liability Coinsurance Commerce Competition Competitive bidding Congress Congressional elections Congressional reporting requirements Consumer complaints Consumer discounts Cost control Costs Department of Health and Human Services Disabled Drug advertising Drug approvals Drug industry Drug interactions Drugs Economics and Public Finance Employee health benefits Federal advisory bodies Federal aid to research Finance and Financial Sector Fines (Penalties) Foreign Trade and International Finance Generic drugs Government Operations and Politics Government contractors Government paperwork Government publicity Government trust funds Governmental investigations Health care fraud Health education Health insurance Health insurance continuation Health maintenance organizations Imports Income tax Indexing (Economic policy) Injunctions Insulin Insurance premiums Intellectual property Labor and Employment Latin America Law Managed care Medicaid Medical economics Medical records Medicare Medigap Mexico Old age, survivors and disability insurance Patent infringement Patents Patient satisfaction Pharmaceutical research Pharmacies Prescription pricing Presidential elections Price discrimination Quality of care Rebates Research and development Research grants Restrictive trade practices Retiree health benefits Right of petition Right of privacy Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare Social security finance Standards Tax deductions Tax rates Taxation Telephone Terminal care Veterans' medical care Health 00 2003-04-10 Introduced in House 2006-11-28T17:35:40Z Establishes a Medicare Prescription Medicine Advisory Committee.

Amends SSA title XVIII part C (Medicare+Choice) to require Medicare+Choice organizations to make actuarially equivalent outpatient prescription medicines available under their plans. Requires Medigap policies also to cover such medicines. Provides for transitional assistance to low-income beneficiaries.

Prescription Drug Fairness for Seniors Act of 2003 - Requires each participating manufacturer to make covered outpatient drugs available at a price no greater than the manufacturer's average foreign price. Declares the sense of Congress that the cost disparity between identical prescription drugs sold in the United States, Canada, and Mexico should be reduced or eliminated.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to disallow any deduction for any amount paid or incurred for a direct-to-consumer advertisement of a prescription drug.

Greater Access to Affordable Pharmaceuticals Act of 2003 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) with respect to: (1) abbreviated new generic drug applications, including forfeit to the next applicant by previous applicants who fail to market a drug within 90 days of approval or meet other specified requirements; (2) specified bioequivalence tests other than those for absorption rate and extent assessment; (3) requirements for citizen petitions regarding new drug applications; (4) actions for patent infringement; and (5) requirements for new drug applications, including mandatory patent information.

Preserving Access to Safe Affordable Canadian Medicines Act of 2003 - Amends FFDCA to prohibit prescription medication manufacturers from taking actions to discriminate against, or cause other persons to discriminate against, U.S. consumers regarding the purchase of prescription medications from Canadian pharmacies.

Prohibits the Commissioner of Food and Drugs from approving any new drug application that does not, before completion of the approval process, provide the Secretary a written statement specifying the total cost of research and development with respect to such drug.

Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit the chief executive officer of a pharmaceutical company from contributing to a political party or candidate.

Rescinds the February 2002 veterans medication copayment increase, and reinstates the $2 copayment.

Declares that all Social Security and Medicare funds shall be walled off into a lock box that may not be raided for new programs or tax cuts for the rich.]]>

Senior Bill of Rights Act of 2003 Display Title Senior Bill of Rights Act of 2003 Official Title as Introduced To amend XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for a voluntary Medicare prescription medicine benefit, to provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals, to provide for substantial reductions in the cost of prescription drugs made available to Medicare beneficiaries, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to disallow deductions for direct-to-consumer advertisement of prescription drugs, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide greater access to affordable pharmeceuticals and preserving access to safe affordable Canadian medicines, to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit campaign contributions by chief executive officers of pharmeceutical companies, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Senior Bill of Rights Act of 2003 Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Preserving Access to Safe Affordable Canadian Medicines Act of 2003 Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Greater Access to Affordable Pharmaceuticals Act of 2003 Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Prescription Drug Fairness for Seniors Act of 2003 Introduced in House 2003-04-10T04:00:00Z 2003-05-21 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.