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HR 1055 112th Congress House

Part D Off-Label Prescription Parity Act

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit coverage of certain covered part D drugs for uses that are determined to be for medically accepted in… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit coverage of certain covered part D drugs for uses that are determined to be for medically accepted indications based upon clinical evidence in peer reviewed medical literature.

Introduced: March 11, 2011 See on congress.gov
Health MedicarePrescription drugs
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Mar 17, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 15, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 11, 2011
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.
Mar 11, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 17, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Part D Off-Label Prescription Parity Act - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to permit a prescription drug plan (PDP) sponsor offering a PDP or a MedicareAdvantage (MA) organization offering an MA-PD plan to offer coverage of covered part D drugs for uses that are determined to be for medically accepted indications based upon: (1) guidance provided by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) for determining accepted uses of covered part D drugs; and (2) supportive clinical evidence in peer reviewed medical literature.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1
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Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Mar 29, 2011
GONZALEZ, CHARLES
· Mar 14, 2011
Carnahan, Russ
· Mar 11, 2011
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1055: Part D Off-Label Prescription Parity Act. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1055/
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"H.R. 1055: Part D Off-Label Prescription Parity Act." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1055/.
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H.R. 1055, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1055/.
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