[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1113 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1113

  To provide that no Federal funds may be expended for the payment or 
reimbursement of a drug that is prescribed for the treatment of sexual 
                        or erectile dysfunction.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 24, 2005

  Mr. Grassley (for himself, Mr. Lott, Mr. Santorum, and Mr. Ensign) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                          Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide that no Federal funds may be expended for the payment or 
reimbursement of a drug that is prescribed for the treatment of sexual 
                        or erectile dysfunction.

    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 ``Prescription Drug Coverage 
Stewardship Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. NO FEDERAL FUNDS FOR DRUGS PRESCRIBED FOR THE TREATMENT OF 
              SEXUAL OR ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION.

    (a) Restriction.--
            (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
        law, no Federal funds may be expended for the payment or 
        reimbursement, including payment or reimbursement under the 
        programs described in paragraph (2), of a drug that is 
        prescribed for the treatment of sexual or erectile dysfunction, 
        including for such a drug that is prescribed to an individual 
        who has a conviction for sexual abuse, sexual assault, or any 
        other sexual offense.
            (2) Programs described.--The programs described in this 
        paragraph are the medicaid program, the medicare program, the 
        Federal employees health benefits program, the Defense Health 
        Program, the program of medical care furnished by the Secretary 
        of Veterans Affairs, health related programs administered by 
        the Indian Health Service, health related programs funded under 
        the Public Health Service Act, and any other Federal health 
        program.
    (b) Effective Date.--Subsection (a) shall apply to drugs dispensed 
on or after the date of enactment of this Act.
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