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Drug Competition Act of 2003

Introduced: June 11, 2003 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 23 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Jul 7, 2003

See also H.R.1.

Jul 7, 2003

Returned to the Calendar. Calendar No. 138.

Jul 7, 2003

Senate vitiated previous passage pursuant to the order of June 26, 2003.

Jul 7, 2003

Senate passed companion measure H.R. 1 in lieu of this measure by Unanimous Consent.

Jul 7, 2003

Senate incorporated this measure in H.R. 1 as an amendment.

Jun 27, 2003

Senate ordered measure printed as passed.

Jun 27, 2003

Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Yea-Nay Vote. 76 - 21. Record Vote Number: 262.

Jun 27, 2003

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Yea-Nay Vote. 76 - 21. Record Vote Number: 262.

Jun 27, 2003

The committee substitute as amended agreed to by Unanimous Consent.

Jun 26, 2003

Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S8605-8633, S8635-8678, S8679-8685, S8686-8707)

Jun 25, 2003

Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S8479-8546)

Jun 24, 2003

Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S8386-8426, S8429-8431)

Jun 23, 2003

Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S8323-8356)

Jun 20, 2003

Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S8265-8295)

Jun 19, 2003

Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S8169-8201, S8202-8216)

Jun 18, 2003

Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S8013-8116; text of measure as reported in Senate with modification: CR S8020-8088)

Jun 17, 2003

Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S7947-7974)

Jun 16, 2003

Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S7906-7922)

Jun 13, 2003

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 138.

Jun 13, 2003

Committee on Finance. Reported by Senator Grassley with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. Without written report.

Jun 12, 2003

Committee on Finance. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

Jun 11, 2003

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7720)

Jun 11, 2003

Introduced in Senate

Votes taken on this bill 1

Date	Chamber	What was voted on	Result	Yes–No
Jun 26, 2003	Senate · vote #262	On Passage of the Bill S. 1	Passed	76–21	See who voted →

Amendments to this bill 203

Amendments propose changes to this bill. Members vote on amendments separately before the final bill vote. An agreed amendment becomes part of the bill; a failed amendment does not.

67 agreed to 17 failed 119 pending / other

Amendment	Sponsor	Purpose	Status	Latest action
SAMDT 1,133	Grassley, Chuck	To provide for a managers' amendment.	Agreed to	Jun 27, 2003
SAMDT 1,110	—	To ensure that beneficiaries initially covered by a private insurer under this act who are subsequently cover…	Withdrawn	Jun 27, 2003
SAMDT 1,091	—	To extend certian municipal health service demonstration projects.	Withdrawn	Jun 27, 2003
SAMDT 1,090	—	To permit direct payment under the Medicare program for clinical social worker services provided to residents…	Withdrawn	Jun 27, 2003
SAMDT 1,089	—	To provide equitable treatment for certian children's hospitals.	Withdrawn	Jun 27, 2003
SAMDT 1,088	—	To provide equitable treatment for children's hospitals.	Withdrawn	Jun 27, 2003
SAMDT 1,077	—	To provide for the redistribution of unused resident positions.	Withdrawn	Jun 27, 2003
SAMDT 1,076	—	To provide for the treatment of payments to certain comprehensie cancer centers.	Withdrawn	Jun 27, 2003
SAMDT 1,075	—	To permanently extend a moratorium on the treatment of a certain facility as an institution for mental diseas…	Withdrawn	Jun 27, 2003
SAMDT 1,073	—	To allow the Secretary to include in the definition of special Medicare choice plans for special needs benefi…	Withdrawn	Jun 27, 2003
SAMDT 1,061	—	To provide for treatment of Hawaii as a low-DSH State for purposes of determining a Medicaid DSH allotment fo…	Withdrawn	Jun 27, 2003
SAMDT 1,060	—	To provide for an income-related increase in the part B premium for individuals with income in excess of $75,…	Failed	Jun 27, 2003
SAMDT 1,051	—	To ensure convenient access to pharmacies and prohibit the tying of contracts	Withdrawn	Jun 27, 2003
SAMDT 1,041	Murkowski, Lisa	To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a frontier extended stay clinic demonstratio…	Withdrawn	Jun 27, 2003
SAMDT 1,039	—	To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide 100 percent reimbursement for medical assistance pro…	Withdrawn	Jun 27, 2003
SAMDT 1,037	—	To provide conforming changes regarding federally qualified health centers.	Withdrawn	Jun 27, 2003
SAMDT 1,024	—	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps.	Withdrawn	Jun 27, 2003
SAMDT 1,021	—	To address Medicare payment inequities.	Withdrawn	Jun 27, 2003
SAMDT 1,020	—	To permanently and fully equalize the standardized payment rate beginning in fiscal year 2004.	Withdrawn	Jun 27, 2003
SAMDT 1,019	—	To provide for coverage for self-injected biologicals under part B of the medicare program until Medicare Pre…	Withdrawn	Jun 27, 2003
SAMDT 1,012	—	To provide Medicare beneficiaries with an additional choice of Medicare Prescription Drug plans under part D …	Withdrawn	Jun 27, 2003
SAMDT 1,004	—	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to freeze the indirect medical education adjustment percentag…	Withdrawn	Jun 27, 2003
SAMDT 999	—	To provide for the development of quality indicators for the priority areas of the Institute of Medicine, for…	Withdrawn	Jun 27, 2003
SAMDT 993	—	To amend title XVII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of cardiovascular screening tests unde…	Withdrawn	Jun 27, 2003
SAMDT 990	Murray, Patty	To make improvements in the MedicareAdvantage benchmarks determinations.	Withdrawn	Jun 27, 2003
SAMDT 986	—	To make prescription drug coverage available beginning on July 1, 2004.	Withdrawn	Jun 27, 2003
SAMDT 980	—	To expand assistance with coverage for legal immigrants under the Medicaid program and SCHIP to include citiz…	Withdrawn	Jun 27, 2003
SAMDT 979	—	To ensure that current prescription drug benefits to medicare-eligible enrollees in the Federal Employees Hea…	Withdrawn	Jun 27, 2003
SAMDT 977	—	To require that benefits be made available under part D on January 1, 2004.	Withdrawn	Jun 27, 2003
SAMDT 973	—	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the authorization of reimbursements for all me…	Withdrawn	Jun 27, 2003
SAMDT 965	—	To establish a Council for Technology and Innovation.	Withdrawn	Jun 27, 2003
SAMDT 964	—	To include coverage for tobacco cessation products.	Withdrawn	Jun 27, 2003
SAMDT 962	—	To provide reimbursement for Federally qualified health centers participating in Medicare managed care.	Withdrawn	Jun 27, 2003
SAMDT 958	—	To increase the availability of discounted prescription drugs.	Withdrawn	Jun 27, 2003
SAMDT 954	—	To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop literacy standards for informational materia…	Withdrawn	Jun 27, 2003
SAMDT 953	—	To provide training to long-term care ombudsman.	Withdrawn	Jun 27, 2003
SAMDT 934	—	To ensure coverage for syringes for the administration of insulin, and necessary medical supplies associated …	Withdrawn	Jun 27, 2003
SAMDT 1,132	—	To allow eligible beneficiaries in MedicareAdvantage plans to elect zero premium, stop-loss drug coverage pro…	Withdrawn	Jun 26, 2003
SAMDT 1,126	—	To provide for the treatment of certain entities for purposes of payments under the Medicare program.	Agreed to	Jun 26, 2003
SAMDT 1,122	—	To provide for improvements in access to services in rural hospitals and critical access hospitals.	Agreed to	Jun 26, 2003
SAMDT 1,121	—	To express the sense of them Senate concerning the structure of Medicare reform and the prescription drug ben…	Agreed to	Jun 26, 2003
SAMDT 1,118	—	To express the sense of the Senate regarding the establishment of a nationwide permanent lifestyle modificati…	Agreed to	Jun 26, 2003
SAMDT 1,117	—	To establish the Safety net Organizations and Patient Advisory Commission.	Agreed to	Jun 26, 2003
SAMDT 1,115	—	To express the sense of the Senate concerning Medicare payments to physicians and other health professionals.	Agreed to	Jun 26, 2003
SAMDT 1,114	—	To require the GAO to study the impact of price controls on pharmaceuticals.	Agreed to	Jun 26, 2003
SAMDT 1,111	—	To ensure that current retirees who have prescription drug coverage who will lose their prescription drug cov…	Failed	Jun 26, 2003
SAMDT 1,108	Durbin, Richard J.	To provide additional assistance for certain eligible beneficiaries under part D.	Agreed to	Jun 26, 2003
SAMDT 1,106	—	To establish a Citizens Health Care Working Group to facilitate public debate about how to improve the health…	Agreed to	Jun 26, 2003
SAMDT 1,103	—	To reduce aggregate beneficiary obligations by $2,400,000,000 per year beginning in 2009.	Failed	Jun 26, 2003
SAMDT 1,102	McConnell, Mitch	To protect seniors with cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or Alzheimer's disease.	Agreed to	Jun 26, 2003

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Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act of 2003 - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Congress should enact, and the President should sign, legislation to amend title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to make improvements in the Medicare program and to provide prescription drug coverage under the Medicare program.

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