3.0.0 2168 2023-01-13T04:49:17Z 2023-01-13T04:49:17Z Senate S S 2005-12-21 109 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-12-22T02:41:06Z 2005-12-21 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2005-12-21 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 12/22/2005 S14329) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-12-21 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. N N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM 2005-12-21 True Health Commerce Consumer education Drugs Economics and Public Finance Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Grants-in-aid Health insurance Health maintenance organizations Insurance premiums Managed care Medical economics Medicare Nonprofit organizations Patients' rights Prescription pricing Social Welfare Health 00 2005-12-21 Introduced in Senate 2006-02-06T20:41:54Z Medicare Drug Benefit Protections Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for: (1) an extended period of open enrollment during all of 2006 without a late enrollment penalty; (2) extension throughout 2006 of the period for a one-time change of plan enrollment for the Medicare prescription drug benefit; (3) extension of the annual, coordinated election period under Medicare parts C (Medicare+Choice) and D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program); and (4) expansion of special election periods under such parts.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to states, nonprofit organizations, and other appropriate entities to conduct outreach and educational activities with respect to the prescription drug benefit under Medicare part D.

]]> Medicare Drug Benefit Protections Act of 2005 Display Title Medicare Drug Benefit Protections Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide extended and additional protections to Medicare beneficiaries enrolled under part C or D or such title. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Medicare Drug Benefit Protections Act of 2005 Introduced in Senate 2005-12-21T05:00:00Z 2005-12-21 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.