Prescription Drug Benefit Equity Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5937
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2006-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Coinsurance
Commerce
Consumer education
Drugs
Employee health benefits
Federal employees
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government employees' health insurance
Health insurance
Health maintenance organizations
Labor and Employment
Mail-order business
Managed care
Medicaid
Medical economics
Medicare
Medigap
Prescription pricing
Rebates
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-27
text: 
Prescription Drug Benefit Equity Act of 2006 - Amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Internal Revenue Code, titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act, and the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) to require a group health plan, and a health insurance issuer offering group health insurance coverage, that provide for mail-order prescription drug coverage also to provide non-mail-order prescription drug coverage. Applies such requirement to coverage offered in the individual market in the same manner as it applies to coverage offered in the small or large group market.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
action_date: 2006-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2006-07-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, and Government Reform, 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.
action_date: 2006-07-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, and Government Reform, 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.
action_date: 2006-07-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, and Government Reform, 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.
action_date: 2006-07-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, and Government Reform, 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.
action_date: 2006-07-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, and Government Reform, 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.
action_date: 2006-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-27
text: Introduced in House