HR 1939 · 115th Congress · Health

Ensuring Seniors Access to Local Pharmacies Act of 2017

Introduced 2017-04-05· Sponsored by Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9]· House

Bill Progress

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Introduced
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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.(2017-04-17)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] 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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Cosponsors (20)

6 Democrats14 Republicans
Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]VT
Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5]WA
Rep. Allen, Rick W. [R-GA-12]GA
Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13]OH
Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7]MD
Rep. Graves, Tom [R-GA-14]GA
Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4]NC
Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3]MD
Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14]OH
Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-32]TX
Rep. Comstock, Barbara [R-VA-10]VA
Rep. Tipton, Scott R. [R-CO-3]CO
Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1]AR
Rep. Collins, Doug [R-GA-9]GA
Rep. Rogers, Mike D. [R-AL-3]AL
Rep. Fortenberry, Jeff [R-NE-1]NE
Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-19]CA
Rep. Dunn, Neal P. [R-FL-2]FL
Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1]TN
Rep. Young, David [R-IA-3]IA