[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3954 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3954

  To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require monthly 
reporting regarding the number of individuals who have fallen into the 
   part D donut hole and the amount such individuals are spending on 
             covered part D drugs while in the donut hole.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 27, 2006

  Mr. Kennedy (for himself and Mr. Menendez) introduced the following 
  bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require monthly 
reporting regarding the number of individuals who have fallen into the 
   part D donut hole and the amount such individuals are spending on 
             covered part D drugs while in the donut hole.

    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 ``Honest Medicare Act of 2006''.

SEC. 2. MONTHLY REPORTING REGARDING THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE 
              FALLEN INTO THE PART D DONUT HOLE AND THE AMOUNT SUCH 
              INDIVIDUALS ARE SPENDING ON COVERED PART D DRUGS WHILE IN 
              THE DONUT HOLE.

    Section 1860D-1 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-101) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(d) Information Regarding Individuals Who Have Reached the 
Initial Coverage Limit.--Not later than the 15th of each month 
(beginning with February 2007), the Secretary shall make available to 
the public information on--
            ``(1) the number of individuals enrolled in a prescription 
        drug plan or an MA-PD plan who have reached the initial 
        coverage limit applicable under the plan but who have not 
        reached the annual out-of-pocket threshold specified in section 
        1860D-2(b)(4)(B); and
            ``(2) the amount such individuals are spending on covered 
        part D drugs after they have reached such limit and before they 
        have reached such threshold.''.
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