3.0.0 2512 2023-01-15T04:49:21Z 2023-01-15T04:49:21Z Senate S S 2004-06-08 108 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2004-06-08T22:05:34Z 2004-06-08 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2004-06-08 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6631-6632) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2004-06-08 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000705 Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND] KENT CONRAD D ND N Health Administrative procedure Commerce Consumer discounts Consumer protection Department of Health and Human Services Drugs Government Operations and Politics Law Medicare Pharmacies Prescription pricing Social Welfare Health 00 2004-06-08 Introduced in Senate 2004-07-07T19:14:49Z Drug Discount Card Simplification Act of 2004 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, to require the Secretary, on and after January 1, 2005, to limit to not more than three the number of prescription drug card sponsors in a State.

Provides that on and after January 1, 2005: (1) the negotiated price of each covered discount card drug dispensed to an individual enrolled in an endorsed discount card program may not exceed the negotiated price of that drug under such program as of December 31, 2004; and (2) each prescription drug card sponsor shall ensure that the price paid by pharmacies participating in its network for each covered discount card drug dispensed to an individual enrolled in an endorsed discount card program offered by such sponsor does not exceed the price paid by those pharmacies for each such drug as of December 31, 2004.

Requires sponsors that offer an endorsed discount card program to provide each discount card eligible individual enrolled in the program with access to negotiated prices for each covered discount card drug for which a negotiated price was available under such program as of December 31, 2004.

]]> Drug Discount Card Simplification Act of 2004 Display Title Drug Discount Card Simplification Act of 2004 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to simplify the medicare prescription drug card program, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Drug Discount Card Simplification Act of 2004 Introduced in Senate 2004-06-08T04:00:00Z 2004-06-08 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.