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H.R. 3613 (112th)

Part D Beneficiary Appeals Fairness Act

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Introduced

8 December 2011

Last action

13 December 2011 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Sponsors

Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4], Rep. Farr, Sam [D-CA-20], Rep. Kissell, Larry [D-NC-8], Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18], Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13], Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12], Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15], Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7], Rep. Michaud, Michael H. [D-ME-2], Rep. Richardson, Laura [D-CA-37], Rep. Fudge, Marcia L. [D-OH-11], Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13], Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large], Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7], Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10], Rep. Olver, John W. [D-MA-1], Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4], Rep. Clay, Wm. Lacy [D-MO-1], Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-40], Rep. Boswell, Leonard L. [D-IA-3], Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51], Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-25], Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9], Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large], Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22], Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22], Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4], Rep. Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [D-IL-2], Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6], Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7], Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5], Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5], Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-5], Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3], Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12]

Subjects

Healthcare

Source updated

14 August 2025

Healthcare

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Summary

Part D Beneficiary Appeals Fairness Act - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, with respect to a prescription drug plan (PDP) that provides for any tiered cost-sharing within a formulary (including a structure that provides for different co-payment or coinsurance amounts for drugs in different tiers included within the formulary), to authorize a Medicare part D eligible individual enrolled in the plan to request an exception to the tiered cost-sharing structure. States that in no case may the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) allow a PDP sponsor to make any element of the tiered cost-sharing structure (including a tier used for very high cost or unique items) ineligible for lower-cost sharing through an exception.

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Timeline

  1. 8 December 2011

    Introduced

    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.

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  2. 8 December 2011

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 8 December 2011

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 9 December 2011

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

    Source: Committee

  5. 13 December 2011

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

    Source: Committee

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