[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 932 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 932

To amend part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to limit the 
monthly amount of prescription drug cost-sharing for full-benefit dual 
  eligible individuals and other lowest-income individuals under the 
                  Medicare prescription drug program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 8, 2007

   Mr. Crowley (for himself, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. 
 Serrano, Mr. Towns, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Hall of New York, Mr. 
 Hinchey, Mr. McNulty, and Ms. Berkley) 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 part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to limit the 
monthly amount of prescription drug cost-sharing for full-benefit dual 
  eligible individuals and other lowest-income individuals under the 
                  Medicare prescription drug program.

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

SECTION 1. LIMITATION ON THE MONTHLY AMOUNT OF PRESCRIPTION DRUG COST-
              SHARING FOR FULL-BENEFIT DUAL ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS AND 
              OTHER LOWEST-INCOME INDIVIDUALS UNDER THE MEDICARE 
              PRESCRIPTION DRUG PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Section 1860D-14(a) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395w-114(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)(D), by adding at the end the following 
        new clause:
                            ``(iv) Monthly limitation on copayments.--
                        In no case shall the total of the copayments 
                        under this subparagraph for an individual for 
                        covered part D drugs in a month exceed $10.''; 
                        and
            (2) in paragraph (4), by adding at the end the following 
        new subparagraph:
                    ``(C) Limitation on copayment for lowest income 
                individuals.--The dollar amount applied under paragraph 
                (1)(D)(iv)--
                            ``(i) for the first year beginning after 
                        the date of the enactment of this subparagraph 
                        shall be the dollar amount specified in such 
                        paragraph increased by the annual percentage 
                        increase in the consumer price index (all 
                        items; U.S. city average) as of September of 
                        the previous year; or
                            ``(ii) for a subsequent year shall be the 
                        dollar amount specified in this clause (or 
                        clause (i)) for the previous year increased by 
                        the annual percentage increase in the consumer 
                        price index (all items; U.S. city average) as 
                        of September of the previous year.
                Any amount established under clause (i) or (ii) that is 
                not a multiple of $1 shall be rounded to the nearest 
                multiple of $1.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to benefits for years beginning after the date of the enactment 
of this Act.
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