Bill Sponsor
Senate Bill 3013
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Encouraging Innovative Benefit Design to Lower Costs for Seniors Act
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Dec 10, 2019
Overview
Text
Sponsor
Introduced
Dec 10, 2019
Latest Action
Dec 10, 2019
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
3013
Congress
116
Policy Area
Health
Health
Primary focus of measure is science or practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease; health services administration and funding, including such programs as Medicare and Medicaid; health personnel and medical education; drug use and safety; health care coverage and insurance; health facilities. Measures concerning controlled substances and drug trafficking may fall under Crime and Law Enforcement policy area.
Sponsorship by Party
Republican
Pennsylvania
Republican
Louisiana
Senate Votes (0)
House Votes (0)
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

Encouraging Innovative Benefit Design to Lower Costs for Seniors Act

This bill allows prescription drug plan (PDP) sponsors under the Medicare prescription drug benefit to offer additional plans in a region.

Specifically, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) must update guidance to allow PDP sponsors to offer up to four plans in a region; the CMS may also set a greater limit, as appropriate.

PDP sponsors may offer up to two additional plans beyond this limit if the PDP sponsor ensures that, under at least one of the plans, pharmacy benefit managers do not receive any remuneration unless at least 10% of price reductions received from drug manufacturers are reflected at the point-of-sale or otherwise used to reduce beneficiary cost-sharing.

Text (1)
December 10, 2019
Actions (2)
12/10/2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
12/10/2019
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Oct 28, 2022 1:46:00 AM