,,ib  ,union ,calendar ,no4 #eha  #aaeth
 ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4 ,r4     
#dhda  ,report ,no4 #aae-gdg1 ,part ,i  
,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of                 
,,representatives  ,january #ah1 #bjah  
,mr4 ,schweikert 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,ben
 ,ray ,lujn of ,new ,mexico1 ,mr4       
,johnson of ,ohio1 and ,mr4 ,thompson of
 ,california7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce1 and
 in addition to the ,committee on ,ways 
and ,means1 for a period to be          
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,june #ab1 #bjah;,additional sponsors3  
,mrs4 ,walorski1 ,mr4 ,marshall1 ,mr4   
,rokita1 ,mr4 ,young of ,iowa1 ,mr4     
,blumenauer1 ,mr4 ,norcross1 ,mr4 ,dunn1
 ,mr4 ,stivers1 ,mr4 ,kelly of          
,pennsylvania1 ,mr4 ,renacci1 ,mr4      
,bishop of ,michigan1 ,ms4 ,matsui1 ,mr4
 ,jones1 ,ms4 ,sinema1 ,mr4 ,sessions1  

,mr4 ,raskin1 ,mrs4 ,blackburn1 ,mr4    
,walden1 ,mr4 ,bacon1 ,mr4 ,webster of  
,florida1 ,mr4 ,cramer1 ,mr4 ,schiff1   
and ,mr4 ,kennedy  ,june #ab1 #bjah     
,reported from the ,committee on ,energy
 and ,commerce with an amendment ,strike
 out all after the enacting clause and  
insert the part printed in italic  ,june
 #ab1 #bjah,the ,committee on ,ways and 
,means discharged2 committed to the     
,committee of the ,whole ,house on the  
,state of the ,union and ordered to be  
printed,for text of introduced bill1 see
 copy of bill as introduced on ,january 
#ah1 #bjah  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title  
,,xviii of the ,social ,security ,act to
 provide for electronic prior           
authorization under ,medicare part ,d   
for covered part ,d drugs1 and for other
 purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,standardizing      
,electronic ,prior ,authorization for   
,safe ,prescribing ,act of #bjah4  #b4  
,electronic prior authorization for     
covered part ,d drugs  7a7 ,inclusion in

 electronic prescription program        
,section #ahfj;,d-#d7;e77#b7 of the     
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#aciew-#ajd7;e77#b77 is amended by      
adding at the end the following new     
subparagraph3  7,e7 ,electronic prior   
authorization  7i7 ,in general ,not     
later than ,january #a1 #bjba1 the      
program shall provide for the secure    
electronic transmittal of-- 7,i7 a prior
 authorization request from the         
prescribing health care professional for
 coverage of a covered part ,d drug for 
a part ,d eligible individual enrolled  
in a part ,d plan 7as defined in section
 #ahfj;,d-#bc7;a77#e77 to the ,,pdp     
sponsor or ,medicare ,advantage         
organization offering such plan2 and    
7,,ii7 a response1 in accordance with   
this subparagraph1 from such ,,pdp      
sponsor or ,medicare ,advantage         
organization1 respectively1 to such     
professional4  7ii7 ,electronic         
transmission  7,i7 ,exclusions ,for     
purposes of this subparagraph1 a        

facsimile1 proprietary payer portal that
 meets such standards as specified by   
the ,secretary1 or electronic form shall
 not be treated as an electronic        
transmission described in clause 7i74   
7,,ii7 ,standards ,in order to be       
treated1 for purposes of this           
subparagraph1 as an electronic          
transmission described in clause 7i71   
such transmission shall comply with     
technical standards adopted by the      
,secretary in consultation with the     
,national ,council for ,prescription    
,drug ,programs1 other standard setting 
organizations determined appropriate by 
the ,secretary1 and stakeholders        
including ,,pdp sponsors1 ,medicare     
,advantage organizations1 health care   
professionals1 and health information   
technology software vendors4  4  7b7    
,sense of ,congress regarding electronic
 prior authorization ,it is the sense of
 the ,congress that-- 7#a7 there should 
be increased use of electronic prior    
authorizations for coverage of covered  

part ,d drugs for part ,d eligible      
individuals enrolled in prescription    
drug plans under part ,d of title       
,,xviii of the ,social ,security ,act   
and ,,ma-,,pd plans under part ,c of    
such title to reduce access delays by   
resolving coverage issues before        
prescriptions for such drugs are        
transmitted2 and  7#b7 greater priority 
should be placed on increasing the      
adoption of use of such electronic prior
 authorizations among prescribers of    
such drugs1 pharmacies1 ,,pdp sponsors1 
and ,medicare ,advantage organizations4 
,june #ab1 #bjah ,reported from the     
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce with
 an amendment,june #ab1 #bjah,the       
,committee on ,ways and ,means          
discharged2 committed to the ,committee 
of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of   
the ,union and ordered to be printed