To ensure that any savings associated with legislation that provides the Secretary of Health and Human Services with the authority to participate in the negotiation of contracts with manufacturers of covered part D drugs to achieve the best possible prices for such drugs under part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act, that requires the Secretary to negotiate contracts with manufacturers of such drugs for each fallback prescription drug plan, and that requires the Secretary to participate in the negotiation for a contract for any such drug upon the request of a prescription drug plan or an MA-PD plan, is reserved for reducing expenditures under such part.
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Senate amendment not agreed to: Amendment SA 214 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 49 - 50. Record Vote Number: 60.
March 17, 2005
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Senate amendment not agreed to: Amendment SA 214 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 49 - 50. Record Vote Number: 60.
March 17, 2005
Roll call votes on amendments in Senate: Amendment SA 214 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 49 - 50. Record Vote Number: 60.
March 17, 2005
Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S2875, S2921, S2953-2954)
March 17, 2005
Amendment SA 214 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 49 - 50. Record Vote Number: 60.
March 17, 2005
Senate amendment submitted
March 16, 2005
Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 214 proposed by Senator Snowe.(consideration: CR S2821-2825; text: CR S2821)
March 16, 2005
Amendment SA 214 proposed by Senator Snowe. (consideration: CR S2821-2825; text: CR S2821) To ensure that any savings associated with legislation that provides the Secretary of Health and Human Services with the authority to participate in the negotiation of contracts with manufacturers of covered part D drugs to achieve the best possible prices for such drugs under part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act, that requires the Secretary to negotiate contracts with manufacturers of such drugs for each fallback prescription drug plan, and that requires the Secretary to participate in the negotiation for a contract for any such drug upon the request of a prescription drug plan or an MA-PD plan, is reserved for reducing expenditures under such part.
March 16, 2005
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1 roll call on this amendment
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SA 214. Ms. SNOWE (for herself, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Feingold, Mr. McCain, and Mrs. Feinstein) proposed an amendment to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 18, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2006 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2005 and 2007 through 2010; as follows: On page 40, after line 8, insert the following: SEC. 1. RESERVE FUND FOR REDUCING EXPENDITURES UNDER MEDICARE PART D. The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may revise the aggregates, allocations, functional totals, and other appropriate levels and limits in this resolution upon enactment of legislation that provides the Secretary of Health and Human Services with the authority to participate in the negotiation of contracts with manufacturers of covered part D drugs to achieve the best possible prices for such drugs under part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act, that requires the Secretary to negotiate contracts with manufacturers of such drugs for each fallback prescription drug plan, and that requires the Secretary to participate in the negotiation for a contract for any such drug upon the request of a prescription drug plan or an MA-PD plan, by the amount of savings in that legislation, to ensure that those savings are reserved for reducing expenditures under such part. ______