3.0.0 2103 2023-01-11T13:39:23Z 2023-01-11T13:39:23Z Senate S 2017-11-08 115 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-11-08T20:34:59Z Protecting Seniors Through Immunization Act of 2017 115 4297 HR 2017-11-10 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2017-11-08 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2017-11-08 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. N C001047 Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] Shelley Capito R WV Moore 2017-11-08 True Health Congressional oversight Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Health care coverage and access Health promotion and preventive care Immunology and vaccination Medicare Minority health Neurological disorders Prescription drugs Health 00 2017-11-08 Introduced in Senate 2017-11-20T16:38:29Z Protecting Seniors Through Immunization Act of 2017

This bill specifies that certain deductible, coinsurance, initial coverage limit, and cost-sharing requirements that apply under the Medicare prescription drug benefit shall not apply with respect to the shingles vaccine.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must provide to Medicare beneficiaries specified information regarding: (1) coverage of vaccines for seniors, and (2) access to the shingles vaccine without cost-sharing.

]]> Protecting Seniors Through Immunization Act of 2017 Display Title Protecting Seniors Through Immunization Act of 2017 Short Titles as Introduced Protecting Seniors Through Immunization Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide information regarding vaccines for seniors as part of the Medicare & You handbook and to ensure that the treatment of cost sharing for vaccines under Medicare part D is consistent with the treatment of vaccines under Medicare part B, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s2103is/xml/BILLS-115s2103is.xml 2017-11-08 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.