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To provide additional funding for State health insurance counseling programs for Medicare part D enrollment.

Introduced: February 8, 2006 Introduced by: Thompson, Mike Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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Feb 17, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Feb 8, 2006
Introduced in House
Feb 8, 2006
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Energy and 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.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Makes additional appropriations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services for state health insurance counseling programs on Medicare part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) and Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug plan enrollment.

What's happening now February 17, 2006

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

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 15
All 15 Democratic 8
D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Mar 15, 2006
BERRY, MARION
· Feb 8, 2006
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Feb 8, 2006
BOYD, ALLEN
· Feb 8, 2006
 D
Case, Ed
Hawaii · Feb 8, 2006
 D
Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · Feb 8, 2006
Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie
· Feb 8, 2006
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Feb 8, 2006
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Feb 8, 2006
Melancon, Charlie
· Feb 8, 2006
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Feb 8, 2006
Salazar, John
· Feb 8, 2006
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Feb 8, 2006
TANNER, JOHN
· Feb 8, 2006
TAYLOR, GENE
· Feb 8, 2006
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4737: To provide additional funding for State health insurance counseling programs for Medicare part D enrollment.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-4737/
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"H.R. 4737: To provide additional funding for State health insurance counseling programs for Medicare part D enrollment.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-4737/.
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H.R. 4737, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-4737/.
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