3.0.0 1884 2023-01-11T13:30:01Z 2023-01-11T13:30:01Z Senate S 2015-07-29 114 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-07-29T17:32:54Z Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act of 2015 114 3261 HR 2015-08-06 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2015-07-29 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6139-6140) IntroReferral 2015-07-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. N W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2015-07-29 True R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2015-07-29 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2015-07-29 True B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2015-07-29 True K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2015-07-29 True H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2015-07-29 True Health Administrative remedies Department of Health and Human Services Medicare Prescription drugs Health 00 2015-07-29 Introduced in Senate 2015-12-07T16:24:09Z Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act of 2015

This bill amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to offer one or more Medicare-operated prescription drug plan options.  In doing so, CMS must: (1) negotiate prices with drug manufacturers; (2) establish an appeals process for denials of plan benefits, including the option for external review and determination by an independent entity; and (3) establish and apply a formulary and formulary incentives. In general, a Medicare-operated drug plan must meet the same requirements as apply to any other prescription drug plan.

]]> Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act of 2015 Display Title Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to deliver a meaningful benefit and lower prescription drug prices under the Medicare program. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1884is/xml/BILLS-114s1884is.xml 2015-07-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6139-6140) 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.