Protecting Pharmacies in Medicaid Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, Protecting Pharmacies in Medicaid Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Government Operations, Trade.
Who Benefits and How
health care providers and patients may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, health care providers and patients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Pharmacies in Medicaid Act.
- Section HB3A43DD1776C456DB530F9F196B214DE: 2. Ensuring accurate payments to pharmacies under Medicaid Section 1927(f) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r–8(f)) is amended— in paragraph (1)(A)—...
- Section HFB0FCCE98C0749FFBF47574F8347A7D4: 3. Preventing the use of abusive spread pricing in Medicaid Section 1927 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r–8) is amended— in subsection (e), by...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, Protecting Pharmacies in Medicaid Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare, Government Operations, Trade
Primary Purpose
This bill, Protecting Pharmacies in Medicaid Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- health care providers and patients
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- health care providers and patients
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Welch (for himself, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Warner, and Mr. …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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_health_and_human_services"
- → Secretary of Health and Human Services
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