3.0.0 547 2019-11-15T21:55:02Z 2019-11-15T21:55:02Z Senate S S 2009-03-09 111 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-03-09T20:35:04Z Medicaid Prescription Drug Rebate Equalization Act of 2009 111 904 HR 2009-02-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS Control Spending Now Act 111 1808 S 2009-10-20 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS 2009-03-09 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2911) IntroReferral 2009-03-09 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2911-2912) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-03-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS N C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2009-03-09 True S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2009-03-09 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2009-03-09 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2009-03-25 False B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2009-06-01 False R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2009-06-09 False F000061 Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] RUSSELL FEINGOLD D WI D. 2009-06-15 False W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2009-07-09 False K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2009-07-15 False Health Health care costs and insurance Medicaid Prescription drugs Health 00 2009-03-09 Introduced in Senate 2009-04-20T15:16:31Z Drug Rebate Equalization Act of 2009 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to reduce the costs of prescription drugs for enrollees of Medicaid managed care organizations by extending to such organizations the discounts offered under fee-for-service Medicaid plans.

Requires the state contract with a Medicaid managed care organization to require that payment for covered outpatient drugs dispensed to Medicaid-eligible individuals enrolled with the organization be subject to the same rebate as the state is subject to.

Requires also that capitation rates paid to the organization be: (1) based on actual cost experience related to rebates; and (2) subject to the federal regulations requiring actuarially sound rates.

]]> Drug Rebate Equalization Act of 2009 Short Titles as Introduced Drug Rebate Equalization Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to reduce the costs of prescription drugs for enrollees of Medicaid managed care organizations by extending the discounts offered under fee-for-service Medicaid to such organizations. Display Title Drug Rebate Equalization Act of 2009 Introduced in Senate 2009-03-09T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s547is/xml/BILLS-111s547is.xml 2009-03-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2911) 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.