3.0.0 2183 2023-01-13T04:49:15Z 2023-01-13T04:49:15Z Senate S S 2006-01-20 109 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-01-20T17:52:39Z Requiring Emergency Pharmaceutical Access for Individual Relief (REPAIR) Act of 2006 109 4660 HR 2006-02-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2006-01-20 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred, under authority of the order of the Senate of Jan. 18, 2006, to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR 1/24/2006 S25-27) IntroReferral 2006-01-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000361 Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] JAY ROCKEFELLER D WV N R000146 Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] HARRY REID D NV M. 2006-01-20 True M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2006-01-20 True B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS 2006-01-20 True L000035 Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] BLANCHE LINCOLN D AR LAMBERT 2006-01-20 True K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2006-01-20 True C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2006-01-20 True L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2006-01-20 True S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2006-01-20 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2006-01-20 True K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2006-01-20 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2006-01-20 True P000590 Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR] Mark Pryor D AR Lunsford 2006-01-20 True L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2006-01-20 True D000596 Sen. Dayton, Mark [D-MN] MARK DAYTON D MN 2006-01-20 True J000072 Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT] JAMES JEFFORDS I VT MERRILL 2006-01-20 True H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD 2006-01-20 True M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2006-01-20 True J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2006-01-20 True C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2006-01-20 True A000069 Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL AKAKA D HI KOHIKINA 2006-01-20 True L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [D-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN D CT I. 2006-01-20 True K000305 Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI] HERBERT KOHL D WI H. 2006-01-20 True L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2006-01-20 True S000064 Sen. Sarbanes, Paul S. [D-MD] PAUL SARBANES D MD SPYROS 2006-01-20 True B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2006-01-20 True O000167 Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] Barack Obama D IL 2006-01-25 False F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2006-01-25 False M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2006-01-25 False B001233 Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN] EVAN BAYH D IN 2006-02-01 False Health Access to health care Administrative remedies Business records Coinsurance Collection of accounts Commerce Compensation (Law) Computer software Congregate housing Congress Congressional investigations Congressional reporting requirements Consumer education Customer service Data banks Department of Health and Human Services Drugs Economics and Public Finance Federal preemption Federal-state relations Finance and Financial Sector Fines (Penalties) Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Health information systems Health insurance Health maintenance organizations Housing and Community Development Identification devices Information services Insurance companies Insurance premiums Intergovernmental fiscal relations Law Managed care Medicaid Medical economics Medical records Medicare Mental health Mental health services Nursing homes Patients' rights Pharmacies Pharmacists Prescription pricing Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare State laws Telephone Welfare eligibility Health 00 2006-01-20 Introduced in Senate 2006-01-26T16:45:22Z Requiring Emergency Pharmaceutical Access for Individual Relief (REPAIR) Act of 2006 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) with respect to transition requirements.

Authorizes a pharmacy to fill prescriptions on a renewable 30-day basis for full-benefit dual eligible individuals during 2006 when a reasonable search by the pharmacy to locate or verify an individual's enrollment fails.

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services and a prescription drug plan or a Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug (MA-PD) plan under Medicare part C (Medicare+Choice) to identify clearly all full-benefit dual eligible individuals in their data records.

Amends SSA title XIX (Medicaid) to prohibit conditioning Medicaid eligibility for individuals enrolled in certain creditable prescription drug coverage on enrollment in the Medicare part D drug program.

Requires the Secretary to establish process to ensure that full-benefit dual eligible individuals are not overcharged.

Requires reimbursement to states for 2006 transition costs.

Directs the Secretary to provide for outreach and education to every pharmacy participating in the Medicaid program, on the needs of full-benefit dual eligible individuals and the transition from Medicaid prescription drug coverage to part D coverage.

Directs the Secretary to ensure that an employee of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is stationed at each state health insurance counseling program to assist Medicare beneficiaries and counselors regarding the new Medicare prescription drug benefit.

Authorizes state coverage of non-formulary prescription drugs for full-benefit dual eligible individuals during 2006.

Prohibits the Secretary from terminating coverage of a full-benefit dual eligible individual unless such individual has functioning access to a prescription drug plan under part D or an MA-PD plan.

]]> Requiring Emergency Pharmaceutical Access for Individual Relief (REPAIR) Act of 2006 Display Title Requiring Emergency Pharmaceutical Access for Individual Relief (REPAIR) Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for necessary beneficiary protections in order to ensure access to coverage under the Medicare part D prescription drug program. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Requiring Emergency Pharmaceutical Access for Individual Relief (REPAIR) Act of 2006 Introduced in Senate 2006-01-20T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s2183is/xml/BILLS-109s2183is.xml 2006-01-20 Read twice and referred, under authority of the order of the Senate of Jan. 18, 2006, to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR 1/24/2006 S25-27) 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.