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S 1369 108th Congress Senate Government Operations and Politics Drugs Employee health benefits Federal employees Government employees' health insurance Health Medicare Prescription pricing Social Welfare

A bill to ensure that prescription drug benefits offered to medicare eligible enrollees in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program are at least equal to the actuarial value of the prescription drug benefits offered to enrollees under the plan generally.

Introduced: June 27, 2003 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Jul 7, 2003
Committee on Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Financial Management, the Budget, and International Security.
Jun 27, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
Jun 27, 2003
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Provides that a health insurance contract shall not be made or a health insurance plan approved under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program which does not offer to Medicare eligible enrollees prescription drug benefits the actuarial value of which is at least equal to the actuarial value of such benefits which are offered to enrollees under a plan generally.

Directs the Office of Personnel Management to establish processes and methods for determining the actuarial value of prescription drug benefits.

What's happening now July 7, 2003

Committee on Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Financial Management, the Budget, and International Security.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1