Protecting Seniors Access to Proper Care Act of 2015
Sponsored By: Representative Marchant, Kenny [R-TX-24]
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Summary
Protecting Seniors Access to Proper Care Act of 2015 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to allow an authorized physician or practitioner who is not enrolled as a Medicare provider to, under certain circumstances, prescribe covered drugs under the Medicare prescription drug benefit. Specifically, the physician or practitioner must not be: (1) otherwise disqualified from being enrolled; or (2) a doctor of medicine or osteopathy, unless the doctor's practice prescribes a low-volume of billings for such drugs under Medicare.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Marchant, Kenny [R-TX-24]
TX • R
Cosponsors
Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6]
MO • R
Sponsored 5/18/2016
Rep. Paulsen, Erik [R-MN-3]
MN • R
Sponsored 5/25/2016
Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
WI • D
Sponsored 5/26/2016
Rep. Allen, Rick W. [R-GA-12]
GA • R
Sponsored 5/26/2016
Rep. Kirkpatrick, Ann [D-AZ-1]
AZ • D
Sponsored 6/21/2016
Rep. Amodei, Mark E. [R-NV-2]
NV • R
Sponsored 6/21/2016
Rep. Blum, Rod [R-IA-1]
IA • R
Sponsored 7/11/2016
Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
OR • D
Sponsored 11/18/2015
Rep. Black, Diane [R-TN-6]
TN • R
Sponsored 11/18/2015
Rep. Nunes, Devin [R-CA-22]
CA • R
Sponsored 11/18/2015
Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4]
CA • D
Sponsored 11/18/2015
Rep. Babin, Brian [R-TX-36]
TX • R
Sponsored 11/19/2015
Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2]
ID • R
Sponsored 11/19/2015
Rep. Smith, Jason [R-MO-8]
MO • R
Sponsored 11/19/2015
Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9]
NJ • D
Sponsored 12/1/2015
Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-16]
PA • R
Sponsored 12/3/2015
Rep. Roskam, Peter J. [R-IL-6]
IL • R
Sponsored 12/11/2015
Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-3]
LA • R
Sponsored 12/11/2015
Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN]
TN • R
Sponsored 12/16/2015
Rep. Nugent, Richard B. [R-FL-11]
FL • R
Sponsored 12/17/2015
Rep. Bucshon, Larry [R-IN-8]
IN • R
Sponsored 1/5/2016
Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN]
IN • R
Sponsored 1/6/2016
Rep. Young, David [R-IA-3]
IA • R
Sponsored 2/1/2016
LAMAR SMITH
TX • R
Sponsored 2/1/2016
Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
NY • D
Sponsored 2/9/2016
Rep. Wagner, Ann [R-MO-2]
MO • R
Sponsored 2/25/2016
Rep. Zinke, Ryan K. [R-MT-1]
MT • R
Sponsored 3/2/2016
Rep. McSally, Martha [R-AZ-2]
AZ • R
Sponsored 3/14/2016
Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8]
PA • R
Sponsored 3/15/2016
SAM JOHNSON
TX • R
Sponsored 4/12/2016
Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-9]
AZ • R
Sponsored 4/12/2016
Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-16]
FL • R
Sponsored 4/12/2016
Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3]
NE • R
Sponsored 4/21/2016
Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2]
IA • D
Sponsored 4/26/2016
Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
IL • D
Sponsored 5/10/2016
Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-23]
NY • R
Sponsored 5/10/2016
WALTER JONES
NC • R
Sponsored 5/10/2016
Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9]
VA • R
Sponsored 5/11/2016
Rep. Tipton, Scott R. [R-CO-3]
CO • R
Sponsored 5/12/2016
Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
WI • R
Sponsored 5/12/2016
Rep. Jenkins, Lynn [R-KS-2]
KS • R
Sponsored 5/12/2016
Rep. Huelskamp, Tim [R-KS-1]
KS • R
Sponsored 5/13/2016
Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-3]
MO • R
Sponsored 5/16/2016
Rep. Schrader, Kurt [D-OR-5]
OR • D
Sponsored 5/16/2016
Rep. Costello, Ryan A. [R-PA-6]
PA • R
Sponsored 5/17/2016
Roll Call Votes
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