3.0.0 1365 2023-01-11T13:24:23Z 2023-01-11T13:24:23Z Senate S S 2013-07-25 113 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2013-07-25T17:09:58Z Part D Beneficiary Appeals Fairness Act 113 2827 HR 2013-07-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2013-07-25 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2013-07-25 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM N C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2013-07-25 True Health Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Medicare Prescription drugs Health 00 2013-07-25 Introduced in Senate 2013-10-30T21:11:54Z Part D Beneficiary Appeals Fairness Act - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, with respect to a prescription drug plan (PDP) that provides for any tiered cost-sharing within a formulary (including a structure that provides for different co-payment or coinsurance amounts for drugs in different tiers included within the formulary), to authorize a Medicare part D eligible individual enrolled in the plan to request an exception to the tiered cost-sharing structure.

States that in no case may the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) allow a PDP sponsor to make any formulary tier of the tiered cost-sharing structure (including a formulary tier used for very high cost or unique items) ineligible for lower-cost sharing through an exception.

]]> Part D Beneficiary Appeals Fairness Act Display Title Part D Beneficiary Appeals Fairness Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to allow for fair application of the exceptions process for drugs in tiers in formularies in prescription drug plans under Medicare part D. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Part D Beneficiary Appeals Fairness Act Introduced in Senate 2013-07-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s1365is/xml/BILLS-113s1365is.xml 2013-07-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.