H.R. 793: Ensuring Seniors Access to Local Pharmacies Act of 2015

114th Congress · introduced 2015-02-05 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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Where it came from: introduced 2015-02-05 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Ensuring Seniors Access to Local Pharmacies Act of 2015

Plain summary

Ensuring Seniors Access to Local Pharmacies Act of 2015 Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct any prescription drug plan that has in its network one or more pharmacies located in a health professional shortage area, in a medically underserved area, or among a medically underserved population, and that provides a reduction in coinsurance or copayments for covered part D drugs, to extend to any pharmacy located in that area, or among that population, the option to be an in-network pharmacy under terms and conditions comparable to those the plan has agreed upon with other in-network pharmacies located in the area or among that population.

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Official text

Ensuring Seniors Access to Local Pharmacies Act of 2015

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9] · 101 cosponsors

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Peter Welch (D-VT), Thomas Massie (R-KY), Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN), Austin Scott (R-GA), Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA), Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR), Rick W. Allen (R-GA), Andy Harris (R-MD), Mark E. Amodei (R-NV), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Mike Rogers (R-AL), Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Bruce Westerman (R-AR), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Judy Chu (D-CA) and 41 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9] reported raising $2.2 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hr793.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr>

Record fed-us-cong114-hr793 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114