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S 1647 113th Congress Senate

Restoring Access to Medication Act

Official title: A bill to amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to repeal distributions for medicine qualified only if for prescribed drug or insulin.

Introduced: September 16, 2014 See on congress.gov
Health Digestive and metabolic diseasesHealth care costs and insurancePrescription drugs
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Nov 5, 2013
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Nov 5, 2013
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action November 5, 2013

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Restoring Access to Medication Act - Repeals provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that restrict payments from health savings accounts, medical savings accounts, and health flexible spending arrangements for medications to prescription drugs and insulin only (thus allowing payments for over-the-counter medications).

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 1248 Related bill Family Health Care Flexibility Act
  • S 610 Related bill Family Health Care Flexibility Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Republican 2
Burr, Richard
· Sep 16, 2014
 R
Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Jul 28, 2014
 R
Scott, Tim
South Carolina · Mar 24, 2014
KIRK, MARK
· Nov 20, 2013
FLAKE, JEFF
· Nov 5, 2013
Heller, Dean
· Nov 5, 2013
Isakson, Johnny
· Nov 5, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1647: Restoring Access to Medication Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1647/
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"S. 1647: Restoring Access to Medication Act." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1647/.
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S. 1647, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1647/.
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