3.0.0 4259 2023-01-11T13:45:37Z 2023-01-11T13:45:37Z Senate S 2020-07-22 116 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-07-22T15:53:13Z Long-Term Care Pharmacy Definition Act of 2020 116 7757 HR 2020-07-23 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Identical bill CRS 2020-07-22 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2020-07-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001184 Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC] Tim Scott R SC N W000805 Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] Mark Warner D VA R. 2020-07-22 True C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2020-11-10 False S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2020-11-10 False Health Drug therapy Health facilities and institutions Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Medicare Nursing Prescription drugs Health 00 2020-07-22 Introduced in Senate 2020-11-03T21:46:45Z Long-Term Care Pharmacy Definition Act of 2020

This bill establishes a statutory definition for long-term care pharmacy under the Medicare prescription drug benefit.

Currently, there is no statutory definition. Regulations from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) define a long-term care pharmacy as a pharmacy that is owned by or under contract with a long-term care facility to provide prescription drugs to the facility's residents. Additional requirements are set out in CMS guidance relating to the Medicare prescription drug benefit; pharmacies are also subject to regulations and guidance from other agencies (e.g., packaging requirements from the Food and Drug Administration).    

The bill defines a long-term care pharmacy as a state-licensed pharmacy that is able to provide enhanced pharmacy and clinical services to individuals who have certain comorbid and medically complex chronic conditions and who reside in skilled nursing facilities, nursing facilities, or any other applicable setting (as determined by the CMS). The term enhanced pharmacy and clinical services includes medication dispensed in special packaging, drug utilization review, and 24-7 availability of medication delivery and on-call pharmacists.

]]> Long-Term Care Pharmacy Definition Act of 2020 Display Title Long-Term Care Pharmacy Definition Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced Long-Term Care Pharmacy Definition Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to codify a statutory definition for long-term care pharmacies. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4259is/xml/BILLS-116s4259is.xml 2020-07-22 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.