,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cibd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bc1 #bjai,mr4 
,suozzi 7for himself and ,mr4 ,reed7    
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  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
provide for the treatment of a pharmacy 
counter refusal as a coverage           
determination under ,medicare part ,d4  
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,streamlining ,part ,d ,appeals 
,process ,act4  #b4 ,providing for the  
treatment of a pharmacy counter refusal 
as a coverage determination under       
,medicare part ,d ,section              
#ahfj;,d-#d7;g7 of the ,social ,security
 ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #aciew-#ajd7;g77 is
 amended by adding at the end the       

following new paragraph3  7#c7          
,treatment of pharmacy counter refusal  
as coverage determination ,for plan     
years beginning on or after ,january #a1
 #bjbj1 the refusal by a pharmacy to    
fill a prescription for a covered part  
,d drug under a prescription drug plan  
shall be treated as a coverage          
determination subject to reconsideration
 and appeal pursuant to this subsection 
and subsection 7h74  4