S. 1044 · 115th Congress
Ensuring Seniors Access to Local Pharmacies Act of 2017
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This bill modifies requirements regarding access to preferred pharmacies (i.e., pharmacies that provide reduced enrollee cost sharing for prescription drugs) under a Medicare prescription drug plan (PDP).
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · May 4, 2017
Ensuring Seniors Access to Local Pharmacies Act of 2017
This bill modifies requirements regarding access to preferred pharmacies (i.e., pharmacies that provide reduced enrollee cost sharing for prescription drugs) under a Medicare prescription drug plan (PDP).
Specifically, if a Medicare PDP has, in its pharmacy network, one or more preferred pharmacies located in a health shortage or medically underserved area, then the PDP sponsor must allow any pharmacy in the health shortage or medically underserved area to join the preferred pharmacy network under comparable terms and conditions.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Ensuring Seniors Access to Local Pharmacies Act of 2017
Latest action (May 4, 2017): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Policy area: Health · Origin: Senate · Introduced: May 4, 2017
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.