3.0.0 3327 2023-01-11T13:41:42Z 2023-01-11T13:41:42Z Senate S 2018-08-01 115 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-08-01T19:03:35Z SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act 115 6 HR 2018-10-24 Became Public Law No: 115-271. Related bill CRS Dr. Todd Graham Pain Management, Treatment, and Recovery Act of 2018 115 6110 HR 2018-06-25 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS Stop Excessive Narcotics in our Retirement Communities Protection Act of 2018 115 5676 HR 2018-06-20 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Identical bill CRS 2018-08-01 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2018-08-01 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001113 Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] Catherine Cortez Masto D NV N K000393 Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA] John Kennedy R LA Neely 2018-08-01 True Health Health 00 2018-08-01 Introduced in Senate 2018-09-21T21:37:46Z Stop Excessive Narcotics in our Retirement Communities Protection Act or the SENIOR Communities Protection Act

This bill authorizes the suspension of payments to a pharmacy under the Medicare prescription drug benefit and Medicare Advantage prescription drug plans pending the investigation of a credible allegation of fraud by the pharmacy. A fraud hotline tip, without other evidence, may not be considered a credible allegation of fraud.

]]> SENIOR Communities Protection Act Display Title SENIOR Communities Protection Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize the suspension of payments by Medicare prescription drug plans and MA-PD plans pending investigations of credible allegations of fraud by pharmacies. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced SENIOR Communities Protection Act Short Titles as Introduced Stop Excessive Narcotics In Our Retirement Communities Protection Act Introduced in Senate 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s3327is/xml/BILLS-115s3327is.xml 2018-08-01 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.