HR 4062
114th Congress
House
Health
Health personnel
Home and outpatient care
Medicare
Prescription drugs
Protecting Seniors Access to Proper Care Act of 2015
Introduced: November 18, 2015
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 20, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Nov 18, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Nov 18, 2015
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.
Nov 18, 2015
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Protecting Seniors Access to Proper Care Act of 2015
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to allow an authorized physician or practitioner who is not enrolled as a Medicare provider to, under certain circumstances, prescribe covered drugs under the Medicare prescription drug benefit. Specifically, the physician or practitioner must not be: (1) otherwise disqualified from being enrolled; or (2) a doctor of medicine or osteopathy, unless the doctor's practice prescribes a low-volume of billings for such drugs under Medicare.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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