,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ajjc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #b1       
#bjag,mr4 ,grassley 7for himself and    
,mr4 ,casey7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,finance  ,a ,,bill
  ,to amend title ,,xix of the ,social  
,security ,act to add standards for drug
 compendia for physician use for        
purposes of ,medicaid payment for       
certain drugs1 and for other purposes4  
#a4 ,adding standards for drug compendia
 for physician use for purposes of      
payment under ,medicaid for certain     
drugs  7a7 ,in general ,section         
#aibg7;g77#a77;,b77i7 of the ,social    
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4           
#acifr-#h7;g77#a77;,b77i77 is amended-- 
7#a7 in subclause 7,i71 by striking the 
semicolon at the end and inserting a    
period2  7#b7 in subclause 7,,ii71 by   
striking 72 and at the end and inserting
 742  7#c7 in subclause 7,,iii7--  7,a7 
by striking the ,,drugdex and inserting 

,the ,,drugdex2 and  7,b7 by striking 2 
and at the end and inserting a period2  
and  7#d7 by adding at the end the      
following3  7,,iv7 ,other compendia1 as 
determined by the ,secretary in a manner
 consistent with the revision process   
provided for in section #ahfa7t71 that--
  7aa7 are utilized nationwide by the   
private health insurance industry2  7bb7
 are used by health care providers1 such
 as long-term care facilities or        
academic health centers2  7cc7 have a   
publicly available policy on the        
disclosure of conflicts of interest that
 may exist between such a health care   
provider and drug manufacturers2 and    
7dd7 are accepted as professional drug  
compendia by at least one ,state board  
of pharmacy 7or an equivalent ,state    
licensing body74  4  7b7 ,technical     
amendments ,section #aibg7;g77#a77;,b7  
of the ,social ,security ,act 7#db      
,u4,s4,c4 #acifr-#h7;g77#a77;,b77 is    
amended-- 7#a7 in clause 7i71 by        
striking compendia and inserting        

,compendia2 and  7#b7 in clause 7ii71 by
 striking the peer-reviewed and         
inserting ,the peer-reviewed4  #b4      
,revising definition of medically       
accepted indication for ,medicare ,part 
,d drugs ,section #ahfj;,d-#b7;e77#d7 of
 the ,social ,security ,act 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #aciew-#ajb7;e77#d77 is       
amended--  7#a7 in subparagraph         
7,a77i77,,ii71 by striking section      
#aibg7;g77#a77;,b77i77,,iii7 and        
inserting subclauses 7,,iii7 and 7,,iv7 
of section #aibg7;g77#a77;,b77i72 and   
7#b7 in subparagraph 7,b71 by striking  
subparagraph 7,a77i77,,ii7 and all that 
follows through                         
#aibg7;g77#a77;,b77i77,,iii7 and        
inserting a compendium described in     
subclause 7,,iii7 or 7,,iv7 of section  
#aibg7;g77#a77;,b77i7 shall not be      
included in the list of compendia       
described in section                    
#ahfa7t77#b77;,b77ii77,i7 unless such   
compendium4