,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ahfa  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #ac1     
#bjai ,mr4 ,cardin 7for himself and ,mr4
 ,cornyn7 introduced the following bill2
 which was read twice and referred to   
the ,committee on ,finance  ,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