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HR 1122 115th Congress House

SPARC Act

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for clarification and rationalization of Medicare prescription drug plan recovery rules for certain claims.

Introduced: February 16, 2017 See on congress.gov
Health Government information and archivesHealth care costs and insuranceMedicarePrescription drugs
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Mar 1, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 17, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 16, 2017
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.
Feb 16, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 1, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Secondary Payer Advancement, Rationalization, and Clarification Act or the SPARC Act

This bill specifies recovery rules and timelines with respect to secondary claims responsibility under the Medicare prescription drug benefit. Current law specifies only that secondary payor provisions apply under the benefit in the same manner as they apply with respect to Medicare Advantage plans.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Republican 2
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Rogers, Harold
Kentucky · Jul 11, 2017
 R
Rouzer, David
North Carolina · Jun 27, 2017
Meehan, Patrick
· Jun 21, 2017
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1122: SPARC Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1122/
MLA
"H.R. 1122: SPARC Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1122/.
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H.R. 1122, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1122/.
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[H.R. 1122: SPARC Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1122/)
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