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HR 2058 110th Congress House

Helping Fill the Medicare Rx Gap Act of 2007

Official title: To include costs incurred by the Indian Health Service, a federally qualified health center, an AIDS drug assistance program, certain hospitals, or a pharmaceu… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To include costs incurred by the Indian Health Service, a federally qualified health center, an AIDS drug assistance program, certain hospitals, or a pharmaceutical manufacturer patient assistance program in providing prescription drugs toward the annual out of pocket threshold under part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act and to provide a safe harbor for assistance provided under a pharmaceutical manufacturer patient assistance program.

Introduced: April 26, 2007 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Became law
May 2, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 30, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 26, 2007
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
Apr 26, 2007
Introduced in House
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 Latest action May 2, 2007

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Helping Fill the Medicare Rx Gap Act of 2007 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA), with respect to the annual out of pocket threshold, to count costs incurred in providing prescription drugs by the Indian Health Service, a federally-qualified health center, an AIDS drug assistance program, certain hospitals, or a pharmaceutical manufacturer patient assistance program.

Amends SSA title XI, with respect to criminal penalties for certain illegal remunerations, to exclude from prohibited remunerations (provide safe harbor for) any remuneration paid by a pharmaceutical manufacturer patient assistance program, either in cash or through the distribution or donation of covered Part D drugs, to an individual enrolled in a Part D plan or a Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug (MA-PD) plan under SSA title XVIII part C.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 5
D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Jun 17, 2008
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Apr 26, 2007
 D
Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · Apr 26, 2007
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Apr 26, 2007
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Apr 26, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2058: Helping Fill the Medicare Rx Gap Act of 2007. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-2058/
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"H.R. 2058: Helping Fill the Medicare Rx Gap Act of 2007." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-2058/.
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H.R. 2058, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-2058/.
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