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Patient and Pharmacy Protection Act of 2007

Introduced: September 21, 2007 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 10 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 8, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sep 27, 2007
Received in the House.
Sep 27, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Sep 27, 2007
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Sep 25, 2007
Senate Committee on Finance discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S12076)
Sep 25, 2007
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text as passed Senate: CR S12076)
Sep 25, 2007
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text as passed Senate: CR S12076)
Sep 25, 2007
Senate Committee on Finance discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S12076)
Sep 21, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sep 21, 2007
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Patient and Pharmacy Protection Act of 2007 - Amends the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007 to delay for six months, from September 30, 2007, through March 31, 2008, the effective date of the requirement to use tamper-resistant prescription pads under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to prescribe covered outpatient drugs.

What's happening now November 8, 2007

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • HR 3090 Related bill Patient and Pharmacy Protection Act of 2007
  • HR 3647 Related bill To delay for 6 months the requirement to use tamper-resistant prescription pads under the Medicaid Program.
  • S 2013 Related bill Patient and Pharmacy Protection Act of 2007
 Bill text 3 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 2 Republican 2
R
Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Sep 26, 2007
 R
Cornyn, John
Texas · Sep 25, 2007
 D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Sep 24, 2007
 D
Murray, Patty
Washington · Sep 24, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2085: Patient and Pharmacy Protection Act of 2007. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-2085/
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