HR 3924
116th Congress
House
Health
Administrative remedies
Department of Health and Human Services
Medicare
Prescription drugs
Streamlining Part D Appeals Process Act
Introduced: July 23, 2019
Introduced by:
Suozzi, Thomas R.
Democratic
· New York
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 24, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 23, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 23, 2019
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.
Jul 23, 2019
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Streamlining Part D Appeals Process Act
This bill allows a Medicare beneficiary to directly appeal a pharmacy's refusal to fill a prescription as a coverage determination under the Medicare prescription drug benefit.
Currently, if a pharmacy refuses to fill a prescription, the pharmacy provides the beneficiary with a notice explaining how to contact the beneficiary's prescription drug plan (PDP); the beneficiary must then obtain a written coverage determination (i.e., a decision denying coverage) from the PDP before initiating the appeals process.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
4
Cosponsors
1