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H.R. 11385 (95th)

Drug Benefits for the Aged Act

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Introduced

8 March 1978

Last action

8 March 1978 · Introduced

Status

Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

Sponsors

Rep. Pepper, Claude [D-FL-14], Rep. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI-2], Rep. Brodhead, William [D-MI-17], Rep. Chisholm, Shirley [D-NY-12], Rep. Clay, William (Bill) [D-MO-1], Rep. Cornell, Robert J. [D-WI-8], Rep. D'Amours, Norman E. [D-NH-1], Rep. de la Garza, E. [D-TX-15], Rep. Diggs, Charles C., Jr. [D-MI-13], Rep. Downey, Thomas J. [D-NY-2], Rep. Drinan, Robert F. [D-MA-4], Rep. Florio, James J. [D-NJ-1], Rep. Fraser, Donald M. [D-MN-5], Rep. Howard, James J. [D-NJ-3], Rep. LeFante, Joseph A. [D-NJ-14], Rep. Lloyd, James F. [D-CA-35], Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD], Rep. Moakley, John Joseph [D-MA-9], Rep. Nix, Robert N. C. [D-PA-2], Rep. Oakar, Mary Rose [D-OH-20], Rep. Rodino, Peter W., Jr. [D-NJ-10], Rep. Scheuer, James H. [D-NY-11], Rep. Thornton, Ray [D-AR-4], Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-24], Rep. Winn, Larry, Jr. [R-KS-3]

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Summary

Drug Benefits for the Aged Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish: (1) a Drug Benefit Program for the Aged to pay for prescription drugs from participating pharmacies; (2) a Drug Benefits List; (3) a Drug Benefits Council to advise the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare on matters relating to this Act; and (4) penalties for abuses of the benefits program.

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Timeline

  1. 8 March 1978

    Introduced

    Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 8 March 1978

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 8 March 1978

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

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