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HR 4169 115th Congress House Health Health personnel Medicare Prescription drugs

Protecting Seniors Access to Proper Care Act of 2017

Introduced: October 31, 2017 See on congress.gov
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Jan 3, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Oct 31, 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.
Oct 31, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Protecting Seniors Access to Proper Care Act of 2017

This bill allows 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 bill applies to a physician or practitioner, other than a doctor of medicine or osteopathy, who: (1) is not otherwise barred or excluded from participating in Medicare, and (2) prescribes a low-volume of billings for such drugs.

What's happening now January 3, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Republican 2
Ferguson, A.
· Oct 31, 2017
 R
Simpson, Michael K.
Idaho · Oct 31, 2017
 R
Smith, Jason
Missouri · Oct 31, 2017
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4169: Protecting Seniors Access to Proper Care Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4169/
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"H.R. 4169: Protecting Seniors Access to Proper Care Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4169/.
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H.R. 4169, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4169/.
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