S 2344
109th Congress
Senate
Health
Drugs
Finance and Financial Sector
Insurance premiums
Medicare
Prescription pricing
Social Welfare
Subsidies
Existing Drug Coverage Protection Act of 2006
Introduced: March 1, 2006
Introduced by:
Schumer, Charles E.
Democratic
· New York
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 1, 2006
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mar 1, 2006
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Existing Drug Coverage Protection Act of 2006 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to apply to State Pharmaceutical Assistance Programs, and the states offering such programs, the special rules for subsidy payments by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to sponsors of qualified retiree prescription drug plans for each qualified covered retiree.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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