Ensuring Seniors Access to Local Pharmacies Act of 2017

Summary

Ensuring Seniors Access to Local Pharmacies Act of 2017 This bill modifies requirements regarding access to preferred pharmacies (i.e., pharmacies that provide reduced enrollee cost sharing for prescription drugs) under a Medicare prescription drug plan (PDP). Specifically, if a Medicare PDP has, in its pharmacy network, one or more preferred pharmacies located in a health shortage or medically underserved area, then the PDP sponsor must allow any pharmacy in the health shortage or medically underserved area to join the preferred pharmacy network under comparable terms and conditions.

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Timeline

1. 4 May 2017

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 4 May 2017

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 4 May 2017 · Download file

Documents

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Sponsors

• Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] · R · Cosponsor
• · ssfi00 · Standing

Related records

• related to → Ensuring Seniors Access to Local Pharmacies Act of 2017
• related to ← Ensuring Seniors Access to Local Pharmacies Act of 2015