[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1369 Introduced in Senate (IS)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1369

To ensure that prescription drug benefits offered to medicare eligible 
enrollees in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program are at least 
equal to the actuarial value of the prescription drug benefits offered 
                 to enrollees under the plan generally.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 27, 2003

Mr. Akaka (for himself, Mr. Warner, Mr. Allen, Mr. Sarbanes, and Ms. 
        Mikulski) introduced the following bill; which was read twice 
        and referred to the Committee on Governmental AffairsYYYYYYYYYY

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                                 A BILL


 
To ensure that prescription drug benefits offered to medicare eligible 
enrollees in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program are at least 
equal to the actuarial value of the prescription drug benefits offered 
                 to enrollees under the plan 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.

    (a) In General.--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.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to contract years beginning after the date of 
enactment of this Act.
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