3.0.0 648 2023-01-11T13:27:54Z 2023-01-11T13:27:54Z Senate S 2015-03-04 114 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-03-04T15:26:58Z 2015-03-04 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2015-03-04 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. N B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2015-03-04 True S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2015-04-27 False Health Drug therapy Medicare Prescription drugs Health 00 2015-03-04 Introduced in Senate 2015-04-02T19:03:45Z Medicare Formulary Improvement Act of 2015

This bill amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require a sponsor offering a prescription drug plan (PDP) to include all covered part D drugs in the following categories and classes of drugs in the formulary: (1) anticonvulsants, (2) antidepressants, (3) antineoplastics, (4) antipsychotics, (5) antiretrovirals, and (6) immunosuppressants for the treatment of transplant rejection. Currently the Secretary of Health and Human Services is required to identify categories and classes of drugs of clinical concern.

The Secretary is required, however, to establish any exceptions that permit a PDP sponsor to exclude from its formulary a particular covered part D drug only through promulgation of a regulation, including a public notice and comment period.

]]> Medicare Formulary Improvement Act of 2015 Display Title Medicare Formulary Improvement Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve formulary requirements for prescription drug plans and MA-PD plans with respect to certain categories or classes of drugs. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Medicare Formulary Improvement Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s648is/xml/BILLS-114s648is.xml 2015-03-04 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.