3.0.0 1798 2023-01-13T04:49:59Z 2023-01-13T04:49:59Z Senate S S 2005-09-29 109 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-09-29T22:15:33Z 2005-09-29 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10747-10748) IntroReferral 2005-09-29 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10747) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-09-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001042 Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ] JON CORZINE D NJ S. N J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2005-09-29 True L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2005-09-29 True S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2005-09-29 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2005-10-06 False M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2005-10-06 False B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS 2005-10-07 False K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2005-10-17 False Health Commerce Consumer education Counseling Crime and Law Enforcement Drugs Economics and Public Finance Fraud Grants-in-aid Health insurance Medicare Prescription pricing Restrictive trade practices Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare Telemarketing Telephone Waste in government spending Health 00 2005-09-29 Introduced in Senate 2005-11-01T21:33:26Z Medicare Do Not Call Act - Prohibits a Prescription Drug Plan (PDP) sponsor offering a prescription drug plan from conducting outbound call telemarketing to solicit enrollment into such a plan.

Amends title XI of the Social Security Act to provide for criminal penalties for fraudulent telemarketing acts or practices.

Provides for increased funding for state health insurance counseling and assistance programs.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to inform individuals eligible for benefits under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act of the availability and confidentality of the hotline maintained by the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services for the reporting of fraud, waste, and abuse in the Medicare program.

]]> Medicare Do Not Call Act Display Title Medicare Do Not Call Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend titles XI and XVIII of the Social Security Act to prohibit outbound call telemarketing to individuals eligible to receive benefits under title XVIII of such Act. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Medicare Do Not Call Act Introduced in Senate 2005-09-29T04:00:00Z 2005-09-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10747-10748) 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.