Part D Beneficiary Appeals Fairness Act
Bill journey · stage 2 of 5
Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Jul 25, 2013)
Part D Beneficiary Appeals Fairness Act - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, with respect to a prescription drug plan (PDP) that provides for any tiered cost-sharing within a formulary (including a structure that provides for different co-payment or coinsurance amounts for drugs in different tiers included within the formulary), to authorize a Medicare part D eligible individual enrolled in the plan to request an exception to the tiered cost-sharing structure.
States that in no case may the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) allow a PDP sponsor to make any formulary tier of the tiered cost-sharing structure (including a formulary tier used for very high cost or unique items) ineligible for lower-cost sharing through an exception.
What just happenedJul 26, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseJul 25, 2013
- Jul 26, 2013Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jul 25, 2013IntroReferralH11100
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.
- Jul 25, 2013IntroReferralH11100
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.
- Jul 25, 2013IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Jul 25, 2013IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House