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Introduced
01/18/2018
01/18/2018
In Committee
05/09/2018
05/09/2018
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
12/31/2018
12/31/2018
Introduced Session
115th Congress
Bill Summary
Standardizing Electronic Prior Authorization for Safe Prescribing Act of 2018 This bill requires Medicare's electronic-prescription program to provide for the secure electronic transmittal of a prior authorization request from a Medicare enrollee's prescribing health-care professional with respect to a drug covered under the Medicare prescription drug benefit.
AI Summary
This bill requires Medicare's electronic-prescription program to provide for the secure electronic transmittal of a prior authorization request from a Medicare enrollee's prescribing healthcare professional with respect to a drug covered under the Medicare prescription drug benefit. The bill also expresses the sense of Congress that there should be increased use of electronic prior authorizations for coverage of covered Part D drugs to reduce access delays, and that greater priority should be placed on increasing the adoption of use of such electronic prior authorizations among prescribers, pharmacies, prescription drug plan sponsors, and Medicare Advantage organizations.
Committee Categories
Business and Industry, Health and Social Services
Sponsors (27)
David Schweikert (R)*,
Don Bacon (R),
Mike Bishop (R),
Marsha Blackburn (R),
Earl Blumenauer (D),
Kevin Cramer (R),
Neal Dunn (R),
Bill Johnson (R),
Walter Jones (R),
Mike Kelly (R),
Joseph Kennedy (D),
Ben Ray Luján (D),
Roger Marshall (R),
Doris Matsui (D),
Donald Norcross (D),
Jamie Raskin (D),
James Renacci (R),
Todd Rokita (R),
Adam Schiff (D),
Pete Sessions (R),
Kyrsten Sinema (I),
Steve Stivers (R),
Mike Thompson (D),
Greg Walden (R),
Jackie Walorski (R),
Daniel Webster (R),
David Young (R),
Last Action
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 581. (on 06/12/2018)
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