Ensuring Seniors Access to Local Pharmacies Act of 2019

Summary

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Ensuring Seniors Access to Local Pharmacies Act of 2019 This bill establishes several requirements for prescription drug plans under the Medicare prescription drug benefit. Specifically, the bill requires prescription drug plans to allow any pharmacy located in a health professional shortage area, a medically underserved area, or a rural area to be included as an...

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Bill Progress

Committee is reviewing, marking up, or holding hearings on the bill

Introduced(10/31/19)

Committee

Passed House

Passed Senate

President

Law

Sponsor

Mr. Welch

Senate (D) Vermont

Cosponsors (17)

Ruppersberger

(D) MD

Rodgers

(R) WA

Carter

House (R) Georgia

Byrne

(R) AL

Finkenauer

(D) IA

PETERSON

(D) MN

Gonzalez

House (D) Texas

Loebsack

(D) IA

Griffith

House (R) Virginia

Westerman

House (R) Arkansas

Topics

Health

Business & Finance

Environment & Public Lands

Latest Action

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Nov 1, 2019