Better Mental Health Care, Lower-Cost Drugs, and Extenders Act of 2023

3.0.0 3059 2025-05-27T14:16:16Z 2025-05-27T14:16:16Z Senate S S 2023-10-17 118 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2023-10-17T20:06:35Z Better Mental Health Care, Lower-Cost Drugs, and Extenders Act of 2023 118 3430 S 2023-12-07 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 265. Related bill CRS To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require MA organizations offering network-based plans to maintain an accurate provider directory, and for other purposes. 118 7708 HR 2024-12-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2023-10-17 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2023-10-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO N T000476 Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] Thomas Tillis R NC Roland 2023-10-17 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2023-10-17 True Health Health 2023-11-01T18:30:36Z

00 2023-10-17 Introduced in Senate 2024-08-07T19:58:47Z Requiring Enhanced & Accurate Lists of Health Providers Act or the REAL Health Providers ActThis bill requires Medicare Advantage (MA) organizations to maintain directories of in-network providers and continually ensure their accuracy.Specifically, MA organizations must publish on their websites an accurate directory of in-network providers and regularly update these directories. The bill additionally specifies that if a provider is listed as in-network in this directory when a beneficiary selects and makes an appointment with the provider, but the provider is not actually in-network, the beneficiary is still only responsible for paying in-network cost-sharing requirements.MA organizations must annually evaluate and report on the accuracy of their directories; the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and MA organizations must publish this information on their websites. The bill provides funds for these purposes.The Government Accountability Office must report on the bill's implementation.

REAL Health Providers Act Display Title 45 REAL Health Providers Act 2024-07-24T15:20:10Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 REAL Health Providers Act 2024-05-24T13:35:55Z Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Requiring Enhanced & Accurate Lists of Health Providers Act 2024-05-24T13:35:55Z Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced 6 A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish provider directory requirements, and to provide accountability for provider director accuracy, under Medicare Advantage. 2023-10-20T07:13:49Z Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2023-10-17T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118s3059is/xml/BILLS-118s3059is.xml 2023-10-17 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.