Below are federal bills that have been introduced into the 108th Congress relating to pharmacy issues.  You may read the text of the bills, review the current status of the bill, and obtain other pertinent information by accessing these bills via the Library of Congress website at http://thomas.loc.gov.  Once you have entered the Library of Congress website, enter the bill number into the “ Search Bill Text 108th Congress (2003-2004):
Bill Number” box.    

 

 

 

Bill Number

 

 

Bill Name

 

S. 1

 

Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act of 2003

 

 

H.R. 1

 

 

Medicare Prescription Drug and Modernization Act of 2003

 

 

S. 7

 

 

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage of outpatient prescription drugs under the medicare program and to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act...

 

 

H. Con. Res. 225

 

 

Expressing the sense of the Congress that the illegal importation of prescription drugs severely undermines the regulatory protections afforded to United States consumers, and for other...

 

 

S. 477

 

 

Preserving Prescription Drug Discounts Act

 

 

S. 648

 

 

Pharmacy Education Aid Act of 2003

 

H.R. 663

 

 

Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act

 

 

S. 720

 

 

Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act

 

 

H.R. 757

 

 

Drug Company Gift Disclosure Act

 

S. 778

 

 

Medicare Rx Drug Discount and Security Act of 2003

 

 

S. 891

 

 

Prescription Drug Equity for Seniors Act of 2003

 

 

S. 892/H.R. 1400

 

 

Prescription Drug Fairness for Seniors Act of 2003

 

 

S. 1067

 

 

AIDS Corps Act of 2003

 

S. 1185

 

 

Rural Provider Equity Act of 2003

 

H.R. 1199

 

 

Medicare Rx Drug Benefit and Discount Act of 2003

 

H.R. 1243

 

 

Prescription Drug Benefit Equity Act of 2003

 

 

S. 1270

 

 

Medication Therapy Management Act of 2003

 

 

S. 1278/H.R. 2507

 

 

Conquering Pain Act of 2003

 

S. 1300

 

 

Prescription Drug Consumer Information Act of 2003

 

 

S. 1374

 

 

Better HEALTH Act of 2003

 

H.R. 1694

 

 

America Rx Act of 2003

 

 

H.R. 1733

 

 

Senior Bill of Rights Act of 2003

 

H.R. 1863

 

 

National Pain Care Policy Act of 2003

 

H.R. 2161

 

 

Prescription Value Act

 

 

H.R. 2427

 

 

Pharmaceutical Market Access Act of 2003 

 

 

H.R. 2497

 

 

Prescription Drug Parity for Americans Act

 

H.R. 2498

 

 

Medicare Extension of Drugs to Seniors (MEDS) Act of 2003

 

H.R. 2514

 

 

Honor Thy Parents Act of 2003

 

H.R. 2578

 

 

Medicare for the 21st Century Act

 

H.R. 2606

 

 

Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act of 2003

 

H.R. 2640

 

 

Prescription Affordability and Medicine Safety Act of 2003

 

H.R. 2652

 

 

Internet Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act

 

H.R. 2717

 

 

Affordable Medicine Safety and Access Act

 

 

H.R. 2769

 

 

Save Our Seniors Act of 2003 

 

 

H.R. 3015

 

 

National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Act of 2003

 

 

H.R. 3194

 

 

Diabetes Self-Management Training Act of 2003

 

H.R. 3332

 

 

Medicare Safety Net Prescription Drug Coverage Act of 2003