HR-4841 : Still Just a Bill

Standardizing Electronic Prior Authorization for Safe Prescribing Act of 2018

This bill requires Medicare's electronic-prescription program to provide for the secure electronic transmittal of a prior authorization request from a Medicare enrollee's prescribing health-care professional with respect to a drug covered under the Medicare prescription drug benefit.

Action Timeline

Action DateTypeTextSource
2018-06-12CalendarsPlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 581.House floor actions
2018-06-12DischargeCommittee on Ways and Means discharged.House floor actions
2018-06-12CommitteeReported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 115-747, Part I.House floor actions
2018-05-09CommitteeOrdered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.House committee actions
2018-05-09CommitteeCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.House committee actions
2018-04-25CommitteeForwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Unanimous Consent .House committee actions
2018-04-25CommitteeSubcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.House committee actions
2018-01-25CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.House committee actions
2018-01-19CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.House committee actions
2018-01-18IntroReferralReferred 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.House floor actions
2018-01-18IntroReferralReferred 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.House floor actions
2018-01-18IntroReferralIntroduced in HouseLibrary of Congress