[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2631 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

  1st Session
                                H. R. 2631


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              July 9, 2003

  Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental 
                                Affairs

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To provide that the actuarial value of the prescription drug benefits 
  offered to Medicare eligible enrollees by a plan under the Federal 
   employees health benefits program shall be at least equal to the 
actuarial value of the prescription drug benefits offered by such plan 
                      to its enrollees generally.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. NEGOTIATIONS BY THE OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT.

    Section 8902 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(p)(1) A contract may not be made or a plan approved which does 
not offer to Medicare eligible enrollees prescription drug benefits the 
actuarial value of which is at least equal to the actuarial value of 
the prescription drug benefits which are offered to enrollees under the 
plan generally.
    ``(2) For purposes of this subsection, the Director of the Office 
of Personnel Management shall establish processes and methods for 
determining the actuarial value of prescription drug benefits.''.

SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendment made by section 1 shall apply with respect to 
contract years beginning after the date of enactment of this Act.

            Passed the House of Representatives July 8, 2003.

            Attest:

                                                 JEFF TRANDAHL,

                                                                 Clerk.