Keep the Promise to Seniors Act of 2014

Keep the Promise to Seniors Act of 2014 - Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) from taking any action (through promulgation of a final or interim final regulation, issuance of regulatory or program guidance, use of federal payment audit procedures, or other enforcement or administrative action, policy, or practice) to implement any provision of the proposed regulation (relating to policy and technical changes to the MedicareAdvantage and part D programs under Medicare) published in the Federal Register on January 10, 2014, insofar as that regulation relates to part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA), including its application to MedicareAdvantage- Prescription Drug (MA-PD) plans under part C (Medicare+Choice Program).

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4160 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4160

 To prohibit further action on the proposed rule regarding changes to 
              Medicare prescription drug benefit programs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 6, 2014

 Mrs. Ellmers introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 
   Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit further action on the proposed rule regarding changes to 
              Medicare prescription drug benefit programs.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Keep the Promise to Seniors Act of 
2014''.

SEC. 2. PROTECTING SENIORS FROM CANCELLED PRESCRIPTION DRUG COVERAGE, 
              FEWER CHOICES, AND INCREASED PREMIUMS.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services shall not take any action (through promulgation of a 
final or interim final regulation, issuance of regulatory or program 
guidance, use of Federal payment audit procedures, or other enforcement 
or administrative action, policy, or practice) to implement any 
provision of the proposed regulation (relating to policy and technical 
changes to the Medicare Advantage and part D programs under the 
Medicare program) published on January 10, 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 1918 et 
seq.) insofar as such regulation relates to the provisions of part D of 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act, including the application of 
such provisions to MA-PD plans under part C of such title.
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