[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 146 (Tuesday, September 4, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6030-S6031]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 4009. Mr. McCONNELL (for Ms. Stabenow) proposed an amendment to 
the bill S. 2553, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to 
prohibit Medicare part D plans from restricting pharmacies from 
informing individuals regarding the prices for certain drugs and 
biologicals; as follows:

       Strike section 2 and insert the following:

     SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON LIMITING CERTAIN INFORMATION ON DRUG 
                   PRICES.

       (a) In General.--Section 1860D-4 of the Social Security Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 1395w-104) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new subsection:
       ``(m) Prohibition on Limiting Certain Information on Drug 
     Prices.--A PDP sponsor and a Medicare Advantage organization 
     shall ensure that each prescription drug plan or MA-PD plan 
     offered by the sponsor or organization does not restrict a 
     pharmacy that dispenses a prescription drug or biological 
     from informing, nor penalize such pharmacy for informing, an 
     enrollee in such plan of any differential between the 
     negotiated price of, or copayment or coinsurance for, the 
     drug or biological to the enrollee under the plan and a lower 
     price the individual would pay for the drug or biological if 
     the enrollee obtained the drug without using any health 
     insurance coverage.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall apply to plan years beginning on or after January 1, 
     2020.
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  SA 4010. Mr. McCONNELL (for Ms. Stabenow) proposed an amendment to

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the bill S. 2553, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to 
prohibit Medicare part D plans from restricting pharmacies from 
informing individuals regarding the prices for certain drugs and 
biologicals; as follows:

       Amend the title so as to read: ``A bill to amend title 
     XVIII of the Social Security Act to prohibit Medicare part D 
     plans from restricting pharmacies from informing individuals 
     regarding the prices for certain drugs and biologicals.''.

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