3.0.0 764 2019-11-15T21:52:44Z 2019-11-15T21:52:44Z Senate S S 2005-04-12 109 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-04-12T19:50:54Z Preserving Access to Affordable Drugs Act of 2005 109 1572 HR 2005-04-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2005-04-12 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3487-3488) IntroReferral 2005-04-12 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7487) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-04-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001042 Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ] JON CORZINE D NJ S. N L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2005-04-12 True Health Commerce Drugs Federal-state relations Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Health insurance Health maintenance organizations Managed care Medicaid Medicare Prescription pricing Social Welfare Health 00 2005-04-12 Introduced in Senate 2005-04-25T16:41:20Z Preserving Access to Affordable Drugs Act of 2005 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to permit a State Pharmaceutical Assistance Program, at the option of the State operating it, to act as the authorized representative for any part D eligible individual residing in the State who is enrolled in the Program in order to select one or more preferred prescription drug plans to enroll such an individual, so long as the individual is afforded the authority to decline such enrollment.

Revises the declaration that the coordination requirements for plans providing prescription drug coverage shall not impair or prevent a prescription drug plan (PDP) sponsor or Medicare Advantage (MA) organization from applying cost management tools (including differential payments) under its own methods of operation. Declares further that a PDP sponsor or MA organization may not require a State Pharmaceutical Assistance Program or an RX plan to apply such cost management tools when coordinating benefits.

Amends SSA title XIX (Medicaid) to repeal current requirements governing the coordination of prescription drug benefits.

]]> Preserving Access to Affordable Drugs Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced Preserving Access to Affordable Drugs Act of 2005 Display Title Preserving Access to Affordable Drugs Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve the coordination of prescription drug coverage provided under State pharmaceutical assistance programs with the prescription drug benefit provided under the medicare program, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2005-04-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s764is/xml/BILLS-109s764is.xml 2005-04-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3487-3488) 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.