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Prescription Drug Benefit Equity Act of 1997

Introduced: May 1, 1997 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 11 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 22, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
May 21, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
May 12, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 9, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
May 6, 1997
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E855)
May 1, 1997
Referred to House Government Reform
May 1, 1997
Referred to House Education and the Workforce
May 1, 1997
Referred to House Ways and Means
May 1, 1997
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, and Government Reform and Oversight, 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.
May 1, 1997
Referred to House Commerce
May 1, 1997
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Prescription Drug Benefit Equity Act of 1997 - Amends the Public Health Service Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to prohibit a group health plan (and a health insurance issuer offering group coverage) from providing mail-order prescription drug coverage without also providing non-mail-order prescription drug coverage meeting benefit and cost-sharing requirements. Prohibits monetary payments or rebates to encourage an individual to accept less than the minimum protections available under this Act.

Amends the Public Health Service Act to apply the requirements of this Act to issuers in the individual market.

Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require health maintenance organizations, competitive medical plans, State Medicaid plans, issuers of Medicare supplemental policies, and Medicare select policies to meet the requirements of this Act.

Amends Federal law relating to health benefits for Federal employees to require compliance with this Act.

What's happening now May 22, 1997

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 8
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1 Republican 1 Independent 1
R
Moran, Jerry
Kansas · Jul 30, 1998
 D
Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · Mar 26, 1998
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · May 22, 1997
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1525: Prescription Drug Benefit Equity Act of 1997. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-1525/
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"H.R. 1525: Prescription Drug Benefit Equity Act of 1997." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-1525/.
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