Medicare Prescription Drug Act of 2000
Bill journey · stage 2 of 5
Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Jun 8, 2000)
Directs the Secretary to conduct a study on the feasibility and advisability of establishing an annual open enrollment period under the new part D program.
Amends SSA title XIX (Medicaid) to: (1) provide for coverage for certain low-income individuals of part D premiums; (2) require State Medicaid plans to provide that in the case of any individual whose eligibility for medical assistance is not limited to Medicare or Medicare drug cost-sharing, and for whom the State elects to pay monthly premiums under part D, the State will purchase all prescription drugs, without regard to whether the benefit limit for such individual has been reached; and (3) require Government payment of Medicare drug cost-sharing for qualified Medicare beneficiaries and for Medicare-eligible individuals with incomes between 100 and 150 percent of the Federal poverty line.
Directs the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MEDPAC) to study and report to Congress on: (1) the ability of benefit managers to improve quality and reduce costs and to assume risk; (2) strategies to improve risk assumption by such managers; (3) the likely effect of allowing benefit managers to vary aspects of the benefit packages based on costs, utilization, and access; and (4) the use of the stop-loss provision, including analysis of benefit manager data on beneficiary utilization and the effectiveness of cost constraints once the stop-loss is triggered.
What just happenedJun 19, 2000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseJun 8, 2000
- Jun 19, 2000CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Health and Environment Subcommittee - Jun 9, 2000IntroReferralB00100
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E951)
- Jun 8, 2000IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Commerce, 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.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Jun 8, 2000IntroReferralH11100-A
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Commerce, 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.
- Jun 8, 2000IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Commerce, 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.
Ways and Means Committee - Jun 8, 2000IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Jun 8, 2000IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House