US Congress House Bill 2777 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 31-1)
Status: Introduced on June 9 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-06-10 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Helping Fill the Medicare Rx Gap Act of 2009 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA), with respect to the annual out of pocket threshold, to count costs incurred in providing prescription drugs by the Indian Health Service, a federally-qualified health center, an AIDS drug assistance program, certain hospitals, or a pharmaceutical manufacturer patient assistance program. Amends SSA title XI, with respect to criminal penalties for certain illegal remunerations, to exclude from prohibited remunerations (provide safe harbor for) any remuneration paid by a pharmaceutical manufacturer patient assistance program, either in cash or through the distribution or donation of covered Part D drugs, to an individual enrolled in a Part D plan or a Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug (MA-PD) plan under SSA title XVIII part C.

Helping Fill the Medicare Rx Gap Act of 2009

Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Rep. Shelley Berkley [D-NV]	Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]	Rep. Leonard Boswell [D-IA]
Rep. Russ Carnahan [D-MO]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]
Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Barney Frank [D-MA]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D-NY]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]
Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]	Rep. Jesse Jackson [D-IL]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]
Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. John Olver [D-MA]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]
Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Robert Wexler [D-FL]	Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-06-10		Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2009-06-09		Referred to House Ways and Means
2009-06-09		Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2009-06-09		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.

SB1201 (Related) 2009-06-08 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR H6265)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/2777/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr2777/BILLS-111hr2777ih.pdf