Safe Step Act
Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.
Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill expands a appropriation, grant, reporting req provision: 2. Required exceptions process for medication step therapy protocols The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 is amended by inserting after section 713 and expands a appropriation, grant, reporting req provision: 713A. Required exceptions process for medication step therapy protocols In the case of a group health plan or health insurance issuer offering coverage offered. It relies on appropriations, grants, and reporting requirements. The main policy areas are Healthcare.
Who Benefits and How
The available clause analysis does not identify a specific beneficiary group.
Who Bears the Burden and How
No clear private burden is identified from the available clause analysis; implementing agencies may still take on administrative work.
Key Provisions
- Expands a appropriation, grant, reporting req provision: 2. Required exceptions process for medication step therapy protocols The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 is amended by inserting after section 713...
- Expands a appropriation, grant, reporting req provision: 713A. Required exceptions process for medication step therapy protocols In the case of a group health plan or health insurance issuer offering coverage offered...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill expands a appropriation, grant, reporting req provision: 2. Required exceptions process for medication step therapy protocols The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 is amended by inserting after section 713 and expands a appropriation, grant, reporting req provision: 713A. Required exceptions process for medication step therapy protocols In the case of a group health plan or health insurance issuer offering coverage offered.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare
Primary Purpose
The bill expands a appropriation, grant, reporting req provision: 2. Required exceptions process for medication step therapy protocols The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 is amended by inserting after section 713 and expands a appropriation, grant, reporting req provision: 713A. Required exceptions process for medication step therapy protocols In the case of a group health plan or health insurance issuer offering coverage offered.
Policy Domains
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeCommittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.
Ms. Murkowski (for herself, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Marshall, Ms. Rosen, …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, …
Introduced in Senate
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "secretary_of_labor"
- → Secretary of Labor
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