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HR 2777 111th Congress House Health HIV/AIDS Health facilities and institutions Indian social and development programs Medicare Minority health Prescription drugs

Helping Fill the Medicare Rx Gap Act of 2009

Introduced: June 9, 2009 See on congress.gov
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Jun 10, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 9, 2009
Referred to House Ways and Means
Jun 9, 2009
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.
Jun 9, 2009
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Jun 9, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Helping Fill the Medicare Rx Gap Act of 2009 - 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.


What's happening now June 10, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Related & companion bills 1
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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 11
All 11 Democratic 11
D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Oct 13, 2009
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Jul 7, 2009
 D
Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · Jun 23, 2009
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Jun 12, 2009
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Jun 9, 2009
 D
Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · Jun 9, 2009
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Jun 9, 2009
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Jun 9, 2009
 D
Quigley, Mike
Illinois · Jun 9, 2009
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Jun 9, 2009
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · Jun 9, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2777: Helping Fill the Medicare Rx Gap Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2777/
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"H.R. 2777: Helping Fill the Medicare Rx Gap Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2777/.
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H.R. 2777, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2777/.
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