3.0.0 2184 2023-01-13T04:49:15Z 2023-01-13T04:49:15Z Senate S S 2006-01-25 109 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-01-25T14:51:11Z 2006-01-25 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S126-130) IntroReferral 2006-01-25 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. N Health Access to health care Administrative procedure Commerce Consumer education Contracts Department of Health and Human Services Drugs Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Health counseling Health insurance Health maintenance organizations Law Managed care Medicaid Medical economics Medicare Nursing homes Patients' rights Pharmacies Prescription pricing Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare Telephone Health 00 2006-01-25 Introduced in Senate 2006-02-02T19:16:24Z Long-Term Care Resident Part D Assistance Act of 2006 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish procedures (which may waive requirements) in order to provide residents of long-term care (LTC) facilities with assistance with respect to prescription drug coverage under part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program).

Requires such procedures to include at least: (1) a dedicated toll-free telephone number for LTC facility staff to request coverage information; and (2) plan selection assistance for full-benefit dual eligible LTC facility residents who have failed to enroll in a prescription drug plan or a Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug (MA-PD) plan.

]]> Long-Term Care Resident Part D Assistance Act of 2006 Display Title Long-Term Care Resident Part D Assistance Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide residents of long-term care facilities with assistance with respect to prescription drug coverage under part D of such title for the resident. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Long-Term Care Resident Part D Assistance Act of 2006 Introduced in Senate 2006-01-25T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s2184is/xml/BILLS-109s2184is.xml 2006-01-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S126-130) 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.