Medicare Drug Formulary Protection Act

3.0.0 2255 2023-01-13T04:49:05Z 2023-01-13T04:49:05Z Senate S S 2006-02-08 109 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-02-08T19:31:28Z Medicare Drug Formulary Protection Act 109 5102 HR 2006-04-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS Choice for America's Seniors Act of 2006 109 5116 HR 2006-04-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS To amend part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend the 2006 and 2007 initial enrollment periods for the Medicare prescription drug benefit and suspend the late enrollment penalty through December 31, 2007, to permit Medicare beneficiaries to change enrollment in a prescription drug plan during the first 12 months of enrollment, and to prevent changes in formularies other than at the time of open enrollment periods and only with advance notice. 109 5263 HR 2006-05-15 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS Medicare Prescription Drug Simplification Act of 2006 109 2665 S 2006-04-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS 2006-02-08 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2006-02-08 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S865-866) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2006-02-08 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA N C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2006-02-08 True D000432 Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] BYRON DORGAN D ND LESLIE 2006-02-08 True S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2006-02-08 True B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS 2006-02-08 True C001040 Sen. Chafee, Lincoln [R-RI] LINCOLN CHAFEE R RI D. 2006-02-08 True C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2006-02-08 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2006-02-08 True M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2006-02-08 True B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2006-02-08 True N000180 Sen. Nelson, Ben [D-NE] E. Nelson D NE Benjamin 2006-02-13 False Health Commerce Consumer education Drugs Generic drugs Medicare Prescription pricing Social Welfare Health

00 2006-02-08 Introduced in Senate 2006-04-24T17:14:47Z Medicare Drug Formulary Protection Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prohibit removal of covered part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) drugs from a prescription drug plan formulary, or imposition of a restriction or limitation on the coverage of such a drug, during the plan year: (1) except at the beginning; or (2) for an individual enrollee, from the date of enrollment until December 31 of the immediately succeeding plan year. Specifies exceptions to such prohibition. Requires an annual notice to enrollees of changes in formulary and other restrictions or limitations on coverage.

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Medicare Drug Formulary Protection Act Display Title Medicare Drug Formulary Protection Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to prohibit removal of covered part D drugs from a prescription drug plan formulary during the plan year once an individual has enrolled in the plan. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Medicare Drug Formulary Protection Act Introduced in Senate 2006-02-08T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s2255is/xml/BILLS-109s2255is.xml 2006-02-08 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.