To assure that enrollment in any Medicare prescription drug program is voluntary.

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Introduced

5 February 2003

Last action

3 March 2003 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

Summary

Makes enrollment in a prescription drug plan established under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act totally voluntary. Declares that no individual is required to enroll in such a plan as part of any contract with any employer or under any collective bargaining agreement or otherwise.

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5 February 2003
Introduced
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, 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.
Source: IntroReferral
5 February 2003
Introduced
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, 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.
Source: IntroReferral
5 February 2003
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
5 February 2003
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
12 February 2003
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Source: Committee
14 February 2003
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Source: Committee
3 March 2003
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Source: Committee

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/house-bill/635
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us · 108-hr-635 · source updated 23 March 2026