3.0.0 1102 2023-01-11T19:41:47Z 2023-01-11T19:41:47Z Senate S S 2007-04-12 110 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-04-12T21:23:45Z 2007-04-12 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4444-4445) IntroReferral 2007-04-12 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4442-4444) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-04-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS N S001142 Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR] GORDON SMITH R OR H. 2007-04-12 True K000305 Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI] HERBERT KOHL D WI H. 2007-04-12 True S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2007-04-12 True L000035 Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] BLANCHE LINCOLN D AR LAMBERT 2007-04-12 True K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2007-04-12 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2007-09-27 False L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN ID CT I. 2007-11-16 False C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2008-05-13 False S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2008-05-13 False Health Drugs Economics and Public Finance Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Health insurance Income tax Indexing (Economic policy) Medicare Poverty Prescription pricing Social Welfare Standards Subsidies Tax returns Taxation Welfare eligibility Health 00 2007-04-12 Introduced in Senate 2007-04-30T15:56:33Z Part D Equity for Low-Income Seniors Act of 2007 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Commissioner of Social Security to provide for an expedited process for the qualification for low-income assistance through a request to the Secretary of the Treasury for tax return and other information.

Increases the alternative resource standard for determination of eligibility for a low-income subsidy for 2008, indexed for inflation for succeeding years.

Requires indexing of deductibles and cost-sharing above the annual out-of-pocket threshold for individuals with income below 150% of the poverty line.

]]> Part D Equity for Low-Income Seniors Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expedite the application and eligibility process for low-income subsidies under the Medicare prescription drug program and to revise the resource standards used to determine eligibility for an income-related subsidy, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Part D Equity for Low-Income Seniors Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Part D Equity for Low-Income Seniors Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-04-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s1102is/xml/BILLS-110s1102is.xml 2007-04-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4444-4445) 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.