[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2234 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
108th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2234
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure that
prescription drug card sponsors pass along discounts to beneficiaries
under the medicare prescription drug discount card and transitional
assistance program.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 25, 2004
Mr. Daschle (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Reed, Mr. Feingold, Mr.
Kohl, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Graham of Florida, Mr. Reid, and
Mr. Dodd) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Finance
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A BILL
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure that
prescription drug card sponsors pass along discounts to beneficiaries
under the medicare prescription drug discount card and transitional
assistance program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Drug Discount Card Improvement Act
of 2004''.
SEC. 2. ENSURING THAT PRESCRIPTION DRUG CARD SPONSORS PASS ALONG
DISCOUNTS TO BENEFICIARIES.
(a) In General.--Section 1860D-31(e)(1)(A)(ii) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-141(e)(1)(A)(ii)), as added by section
101 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization
Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-173; 117 Stat. 2071), is amended by
striking ``take into account'' and inserting ``reflect at least 90
percent of all''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall take
effect as if included in the enactment of section 101 of the Medicare
Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (Public
Law 108-173; 117 Stat. 2066).
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