[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2648 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2648

To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require Medicaid drug 
 utilization review programs to deny coverage of erectile dysfunction 
drugs for individuals registered (or required to be registered) as sex 
                               offenders.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 26, 2005

 Mr. Fossella (for himself, Mr. Stearns, Mrs. McCarthy, Mr. Walden of 
Oregon, Mr. Ney, Mr. Goode, Mr. Kuhl of New York, Mr. Gibbons, and Mr. 
    Engel) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require Medicaid drug 
 utilization review programs to deny coverage of erectile dysfunction 
drugs for individuals registered (or required to be registered) as sex 
                               offenders.

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

SECTION 1. REQUIRING MEDICAID DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW PROGRAMS TO DENY 
              COVERAGE OF ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION DRUGS FOR INDIVIDUALS 
              REGISTERED (OR REQUIRED TO BE REGISTERED) AS SEX 
              OFFENDERS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1927(g)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1396r-8(g)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph:
                    ``(E) Denial of coverage of erectile dysfunction 
                drugs for individuals registered (or required to be 
                registered) as sex offenders.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The program shall 
                        provide for denying coverage for any erectile 
                        dysfunction drug for any individual who is 
                        registered (or a person required to register) 
                        under section 170101 or 170102 of the Violent 
                        Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 
                        (42 U.S.C. 14071, 14072).
                            ``(ii) Report on enforcement.--Not later 
                        than 6 months after the date of the enactment 
                        of this subparagraph, each State shall submit 
                        to the Secretary a report on specific steps the 
                        State has taken under its program to assure the 
                        denial of coverage described in clause (i).''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to 
the denial of drugs furnished on or after such date.
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