S.Amdt. 3396

SA 3396. Mr. WICKER (for himself, Mr. Brown, and Mr. Cochran)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3378
proposed by Mr. Grassley (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr.
Portman, Ms. Klobuchar, Ms. Ayotte, Mr. Graham, Mr. Coons, Mr. Cornyn,
and Mr. Durbin) to the bill S. 524, to authorize the Attorney General
to award grants to address the national epidemics of prescription
opioid abuse and heroin use; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. MEDICARE DIRECT PAYMENT TO PHARMACIES FOR CERTAIN
COMPOUNDED DRUGS THAT ARE PREPARED BY THE
PHARMACIES FOR A SPECIFIC BENEFICIARY FOR USE
THROUGH AN IMPLANTED INFUSION PUMP.

(a) In General.--The first sentence of section 1842(b)(6)
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395u(b)(6)) is
amended--
(1) by striking ``and'' before ``(H)''; and
(2) by inserting before the period at the end the
following: ``, and (I) in the case of covered compounded
drugs that are prepared by a pharmacy for a specific
individual, are dispensed, directly or indirectly, to the
individual, are necessary for the effective use of, or
therapeutic benefit from, an implanted infusion pump
(regardless who refills the pump), and are billed directly by
the pharmacy, payment shall be made to the pharmacy''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a)
shall apply to drugs dispensed on or after the date of the
enactment of this Act.
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