3.0.0 2911 2022-10-28T02:00:26Z 2022-10-28T02:00:26Z Senate S 2019-11-20 116 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-11-20T20:02:48Z Lower Costs, More Cures Act of 2019 116 3129 S 2019-12-19 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS 2019-11-20 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2019-11-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001075 Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] Bill Cassidy R LA N M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2019-11-20 True Health Administrative law and regulatory procedures Department of Health and Human Services Health care coverage and access Medicare Prescription drugs Health 00 2019-11-20 Introduced in Senate 2020-12-04T19:28:02Z Seniors Prescription Drug Relief Act of 2019

This bill allows beneficiaries whose monthly costs under the Medicare prescription drug benefit equal or exceed a significant percentage of the annual out-of-pocket spending threshold to pay down such costs in installments over the course of the remaining plan year. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must determine what constitutes a significant percentage; however, such percentage must be between 50% and 100%.

]]> Seniors Prescription Drug Relief Act of 2019 Display Title Seniors Prescription Drug Relief Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced Seniors Prescription Drug Relief Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide a monthly out-of-pocket cost sharing maximum for enrollees who incur a significant portion of costs for covered part D drugs towards the annual out-of-pocket threshold during a month. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s2911is/xml/BILLS-116s2911is.xml 2019-11-20 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.