S 2908
115th Congress
Senate
Health
Health care costs and insurance
Health information and medical records
Medicare
Prescription drugs
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for electronic prior authorization under Medicare part D for covered part D drugs, and for other purposes.
Introduced: May 22, 2018
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 22, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 22, 2018
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
This bill requires electronic prescription programs to enable the secure transmittal of prior authorization requests for covered drugs under the Medicare prescription drug benefit.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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