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HR 886 106th Congress House

Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage Act of 1999

Official title: To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to submit to Congress a plan to include as a benefit under the Medicare Program coverage of outpatient pr… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to submit to Congress a plan to include as a benefit under the Medicare Program coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, and to provide for the funding of such benefit.

Introduced: March 1, 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.
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Mar 11, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Mar 8, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 1, 1999
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Commerce, 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.
Mar 1, 1999
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 11, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage Act of 1999 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a study for a report to Congress on establishment of an outpatient prescription drug benefit under Medicare (title XVIII of the Social Security Act (SSA)) that provides for full outpatient prescription drug coverage for Medicare beneficiaries.

Amends SSA title XVIII to: (1) provide for the transfer of Federal estate tax revenues to the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund under Medicare in order to offset the costs of the prescription drug benefit above; and (2) establish the Outpatient Prescription Drug Account in the Trust Fund in order to receive such Federal estate tax revenues and to pay for outpatient prescription drugs furnished under this Act.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 4 Independent 1
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Lofgren, Zoe
California · Mar 15, 1999
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Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Mar 15, 1999
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Pelosi, Nancy
California · Mar 8, 1999
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Mar 1, 1999
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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Mar 1, 1999
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 886: Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage Act of 1999. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-886/
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"H.R. 886: Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage Act of 1999." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-886/.
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H.R. 886, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-886/.
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