Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act of 2003

108-s1 — Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act of 2003. Sponsored by Sen. Frist, William H. [R-TN]. Introduced 2003-06-11. Senate bill. 108th Congress. Latest action: See also H.R.1.

108-s1 108th Congress Senate Died in Committee

Bill Activity

House
Introduced
2003-06-11
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7720)
Committee
2003-06-12
Committee on Finance. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Committee
2003-06-13
Committee on Finance. Reported by Senator Grassley with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. Without written report.
Committee
2003-06-18
Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S8013-8116; text of measure as reported in Senate with modification: CR S8020-8088)
Committee
2003-06-27
The committee substitute as amended agreed to by Unanimous Consent.
Senate
Introduced in Senate
2003-06-11
Engrossed in Senate
2003-06-27
Senate Floor Vote
2003-06-27
Senate ordered measure printed as passed.
Senate Floor Vote
2003-07-07
Senate passed companion measure H.R. 1 in lieu of this measure by Unanimous Consent.
Sponsor
Sen. Frist, William H. [R-TN] (R), TN
Introduced
2003-06-11
Committees
Finance Committee
Subjects
Access to health care; Administrative procedure; Administrative remedies; Adult day care; Aircraft; Ambulances; Ambulatory care; Appropriations; Armed Forces and National Security; Cancer; Capitation (Medical care); Chiropractic and chiropractors; Claims; Clinical trials; Clinics; Coinsurance; Collection of accounts; Commerce; Competition; Congress; Congressional hearings; Congressional investigations; Congressional reporting requirements; Consumer complaints; Consumer organizations; Customs administration; Department of Health and Human Services; Diseases; District of Columbia; Drug utilization; Drugs; Economics and Public Finance; Education; Electronic data interchange; Emergency Management; Emergency medicine; Executive reorganization; Federal advisory bodies; Federal aid to child health services; Federal aid to education; Federal aid to health facilities; Federally-guaranteed loans; Finance and Financial Sector; Financial statements; Fines (Penalties); Foreign Trade and International Finance; Geriatrics; Government Operations and Politics; Government contractors; Government lending; Government paperwork; Government publicity; Government trust funds; Governmental investigations; Health care fraud; Health insurance; Higher education; Home care services; Hospital care; Hospital personnel; Hospital rates; Hospitals; Housing and Community Development; Human engineering; Illegal aliens; Immigrant health; Immigration; Income; Indexing (Economic policy); Insurance premiums; Judicial review; Kidney diseases; Labor and Employment; Law; Legislation; Managed care; Medicaid; Medical economics; Medical education; Medical fees; Medical laboratories; Medical records; Medical tests; Medically uninsured; Medicare; Medicare Payment Advisory Commission; Medigap; Nurse practitioners; Nurses; Nursing homes; Ombudsman; Patient satisfaction; Patients' rights; Performance measurement; Pharmacies; Physicians; Physicians' assistants; Poor children; Preferred provider organizations (Medical care); Prescription pricing; Psychologists; Puerto Rico; Quality of care; Retired military personnel; Revolving funds; Rural health; Scholarships; Science, Technology, Communications; Social Welfare; Standards; Telephone; Terminal care; Trusts and trustees; User charges; Veterans' medical care; Wages
Latest Action
See also H.R.1.

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