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HR 2925 106th Congress House

Medicare Beneficiary Prescription Drug Assistance and Stop-Loss Protection Act of 1999

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to finance the provision of outpatient prescription drug coverage for low-income Medicare beneficiaries and to provide s… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to finance the provision of outpatient prescription drug coverage for low-income Medicare beneficiaries and to provide stop-loss protection for outpatient prescription drug expenses under qualified Medicare prescription drug coverage.

Introduced: October 7, 1999 See on congress.gov
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This bill died when the 106th Congress ended
It never became law before the 106th Congress (1999–2000) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 1, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Oct 5, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sep 23, 1999
Referred to the Committee on 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.
Sep 23, 1999
Introduced in House
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 Latest action November 1, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Medicare Beneficiary Prescription Drug Assistance and Stop-Loss Protection Act of 1999 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to add a new title XXVIII for the following purposes: (1) promoting qualified prescription drug coverage assistance for low-income Medicare (title XVIII of the Social Security Act) beneficiaries; (2) providing Medicare outpatient prescription drug stop-loss protection; and (3) providing access to prescription drug coverage under Medicare supplemental (Medigap) policies.
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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 1
GREENWOOD, JAMES
· Oct 28, 1999
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Oct 7, 1999
OSE, DOUG
· Oct 4, 1999
FLETCHER, ERNEST
· Sep 23, 1999
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2925: Medicare Beneficiary Prescription Drug Assistance and Stop-Loss Protection Act of 1999. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-2925/
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"H.R. 2925: Medicare Beneficiary Prescription Drug Assistance and Stop-Loss Protection Act of 1999." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-2925/.
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H.R. 2925, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-2925/.
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