3.0.0 566 2019-11-15T21:52:39Z 2019-11-15T21:52:39Z Senate S S 2005-03-08 109 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-03-08T23:39:13Z Medicare Dual Eligible Prescription Drug Coverage Act of 2005 109 1144 HR 2005-03-15 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2005-03-08 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2271-2272) IntroReferral 2005-03-08 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2270-2271) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-03-08 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000361 Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] JAY ROCKEFELLER D WV N K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2005-03-08 True C001042 Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ] JON CORZINE D NJ S. 2005-03-08 True L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2005-03-08 True B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS 2005-04-06 False S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2005-04-06 False B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2005-05-11 False L000035 Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] BLANCHE LINCOLN D AR LAMBERT 2005-07-29 False M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2005-09-29 False C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2005-12-20 False Health Commerce Community health services Congress Congressional investigations Congressional reporting requirements Consumer education Cost control Drug utilization Drugs Economics and Public Finance Federal aid to health facilities Federal-state relations Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Health counseling Health insurance Health maintenance organizations Health surveys Intergovernmental fiscal relations Managed care Medicaid Medical records Medical statistics Medicare Prescription pricing Rebates Social Welfare Welfare eligibility Health 00 2005-03-08 Introduced in Senate 2005-03-28T21:22:45Z Medicare Dual Eligible Prescription Drug Coverage Act of 2005 - Provides that, for prescriptions filled between January 1 and June 30, 2006, requirements for the coordination of prescription drug benefits with Medicare as primary payor for dual eligible individuals under the new prescription drug benefit program (PDP) under Medicare part E (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) shall not apply. Requires a State to continue to provide Medicaid medical assistance with respect to prescription drugs as if such coordination requirements had not been enacted.

Declares that no State or the District of Columbia shall be required to pay (reimburse) the Secretary of Health and Human Services for Medicaid prescription drug costs for dual eligible individuals (Medicaid clawback payments) for any month before July 1, 2006.

Earmarks specified amounts for education and outreach to dual eligibles regarding prescription drug coverage and monitoring of their transition to prescription drug coverage under Medicare.

Requires a PDP sponsor and an MA organization offering an MA-PD plan to submit to the Secretary appropriate information regarding the drug utilization of enrollees in such plans who are full-benefit dual eligible individuals. Directs the Secretary to collect data on the drug utilization of full-benefit dual eligible individuals and share it with the States and District of Columbia in as close to a real-time basis as possible.

Directs the Comptroller General of the United States to study and report to Congress on the clawback formula.

]]> Medicare Dual Eligible Prescription Drug Coverage Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced Medicare Dual Eligible Prescription Drug Coverage Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced A bill to continue State coverage of medicaid prescription drug coverage to medicare dual eligible beneficiaries for 6 months while still allowing the medicare part D benefit to be implemented as scheduled. Display Title Medicare Dual Eligible Prescription Drug Coverage Act of 2005 Introduced in Senate 2005-03-08T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s566is/xml/BILLS-109s566is.xml 2005-03-08 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2271-2272) 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.