3.0.0 2313 2023-01-13T04:49:03Z 2023-01-13T04:49:03Z Senate S S 2006-02-16 109 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-02-16T23:08:45Z 2006-02-16 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1432-1433) IntroReferral 2006-02-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. N D000596 Sen. Dayton, Mark [D-MN] MARK DAYTON D MN 2006-02-16 True Health Coinsurance Commerce Consumer education Drugs Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Health insurance Health maintenance organizations Managed care Medicare Patients' rights Prescription pricing Social Welfare Health 00 2006-02-16 Introduced in Senate 2006-03-22T15:51:34Z Medicare Drug Honest Pricing Act of 2006 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to permit Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in prescription drug plans (PDP's) and Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug Plans that change their formularies or increase drug prices to enroll in other plans.

Requires PDP sponsor, every November, to disclose to the Secretary of Health and Human Services the negotiated price of each covered part D drug for the following year, and the Secretary, the same month of every year, to make such disclosure available to the public through the Internet website of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Requires each PDP sponsor also to inform, by January 10 of each year, part D eligible enrollees in its plan of such negotiated prices.

]]> Medicare Drug Honest Pricing Act of 2006 Display Title Medicare Drug Honest Pricing Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit medicare beneficiaries enrolled in prescription drug plans and MA-PD plans that change their formalities or increase drug prices to enroll in other plans. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Medicare Drug Honest Pricing Act of 2006 Introduced in Senate 2006-02-16T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s2313is/xml/BILLS-109s2313is.xml 2006-02-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1432-1433) 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.