3.0.0 2597 2023-01-15T04:49:22Z 2023-01-15T04:49:22Z Senate S S 2004-06-24 108 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2004-06-24T23:39:40Z Prescription Drug Price Comparison for Savings Act of 2004 108 4681 HR 2004-07-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2004-06-24 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR 6/25/2004 S7474) IntroReferral 2004-06-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. N M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2004-06-24 True C001042 Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ] JON CORZINE D NJ S. 2004-06-24 True C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2004-06-24 True L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2004-06-24 True S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2004-06-24 True S000064 Sen. Sarbanes, Paul S. [D-MD] PAUL SARBANES D MD SPYROS 2004-06-24 True N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM 2004-06-24 True Health Business records Commerce Congress Congressional reporting requirements Data banks Electronic government information Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Internet Medicaid Pharmacies Prescription pricing Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare Web sites Zip code Health 00 2004-06-24 Introduced in Senate 2004-09-22T22:33:11Z Prescription Drug Price Comparison for Savings Act of 2004 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish and maintain an Internet website using the information supplied by participating pharmacies to allow an individual to compare for each zip code the usual and customary prices for a range of strengths and quantities of covered outpatient drugs sold by retail pharmacies that receive Medicaid payments.

Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to direct States to: (1) require a participating pharmacy, concurrent with filling a prescription for an individual receiving assistance under Medicaid, to report to the State its zip code and the usual and customary price for the covered outpatient drug as of the date the prescription is filled; and (2) submit this information to the Secretary to enable the Secretary to post monthly updates on the website.

]]> Prescription Drug Price Comparison for Savings Act of 2004 Display Title Prescription Drug Price Comparison for Savings Act of 2004 Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish and maintain an Internet website that is designed to allow consumers to compare the usual and customary prices for covered outpatient drugs sold by retail pharmacies that participate in the medicaid program for each postal Zip Code, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Prescription Drug Price Comparison for Savings Act of 2004 Introduced in Senate 2004-06-24T04:00:00Z 2004-06-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR 6/25/2004 S7474) 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.