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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 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 2 steps
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Became law
May 22, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 22, 2018
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 May 22, 2018

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 4
  • HR 6 Related bill SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act
  • S 3120 Related bill HEAL Act of 2018
  • HR 4841 Related bill Standardizing Electronic Prior Authorization for Safe Prescribing Act of 2018
  • HR 5773 Related bill PASS Act of 2018
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2
R
Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Sep 4, 2018
 R
Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · May 22, 2018
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2908: 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.. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2908/
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"S. 2908: 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.." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2908/.
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S. 2908, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2908/.
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[S. 2908: 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.](https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2908/)
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