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HR 3319 106th Congress House

Prescription Drug Benefit Equity Act of 1999

Official title: To assure equitable treatment in health care coverage of prescription drugs under group health plans, health insurance coverage, Medicare and Medicaid managed … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To assure equitable treatment in health care coverage of prescription drugs under group health plans, health insurance coverage, Medicare and Medicaid managed care arrangements, Medigap insurance coverage, and health plans under the Federal employees' health benefits program (FEHBP).

Introduced: November 10, 1999 See on congress.gov
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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 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 8, 2000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Nov 30, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service.
Nov 30, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Nov 17, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Nov 10, 1999
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, and Government Reform, 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.
Nov 10, 1999
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 8, 2000

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Prescription Drug Benefit Equity Act of 1999 - Amends the Public Health Service Act (regarding group health plans, health insurance issuers offering group insurance, and health insurance offered in the individual market), the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) (regarding group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group insurance), the Internal Revenue Code (regarding group health plans), title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) (regarding Medicare+Choice plans, health maintenance organizations (HMOs), competitive medical plans, Medicare supplemental health insurance policies (Medigap), and Medicare select policies), SSA title XIX (Medicaid) (regarding State plans), and provisions of the U.S. Code relating to the Federal Employees Health Benefits Plan (regarding contracting with carriers offering health benefits plans) to require that, if mail-order prescription drug coverage is provided, non-mail-order prescription drug coverage must also be provided.
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 Committees of jurisdiction 8
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 1 Republican 1 Independent 1
FROST, MARTIN
· Nov 10, 1999
 R
Moran, Jerry
Kansas · Nov 10, 1999
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Nov 10, 1999
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Nov 10, 1999
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3319: Prescription Drug Benefit Equity Act of 1999. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-3319/
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"H.R. 3319: Prescription Drug Benefit Equity Act of 1999." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-3319/.
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H.R. 3319, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-3319/.
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