[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 712 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 712

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to exclude coverage of 
  drugs prescribed for the treatment of impotence under the Medicare 
                       prescription drug benefit.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 9, 2005

Mr. King of Iowa (for himself, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr. Pence, Mr. 
   Kucinich, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. Akin, Mr. Paul, Mr. Moran of 
 Virginia, Mr. Goode, Mr. Otter, Mr. Gutknecht, Mr. Boozman, and Mrs. 
 Christensen) introduced the following bill; which was 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

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to exclude coverage of 
  drugs prescribed for the treatment of impotence under the Medicare 
                       prescription drug benefit.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Prescription Drug 
Sensibility Act''.

SEC. 2. EXCLUDING MEDICARE DRUG COVERAGE FOR DRUGS PRESCRIBED FOR THE 
              TREATMENT OF IMPOTENCE.

    (a) In General.--Section 1860D-2(e)(2)(A) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-102(e)(2)) is amended by inserting ``are 
prescribed for the treatment of impotence or which'' after ``or their 
medical uses, which''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall be 
effective as if included in the enactment of the Medicare Prescription 
Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-173).
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