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42 U.S.C. 1396u-5: Special provisions relating to medicare prescription drug benefit

Created in 2003 by the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-173). Changed by 3 later laws. 1 bill in this Congress would change it.

How it got hereLaws that created or changed it, newest first

2019Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020

2008Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008

2005QI, TMA, and Abstinence Programs Extension and Hurricane Katrina Unemployment Relief Act of 2005

2003Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003added it

42 U.S.C. 1396u-5Special provisions relating to medicare prescription drug benefit

(a)Requirements relating to medicare prescription drug low-income subsidies, medicare transitional prescription drug assistance, and medicare cost-sharing

(b)Regular Federal subsidy of administrative costs

(c)Federal assumption of medicaid prescription drug costs for dually eligible individualsrewritten

(d)Coordination of prescription drug benefits

(e)Treatment of territoriesremoved

This CongressBills that change it or would

H.R. 10874Medicare Low Income Subsidy Equality Act of 2026introduced

past change
enacted this Congress
proposed

This Congress

H.R. 10874 Medicare Low Income Subsidy Equality Act of 2026 · introduced · would change (c), (e)

How it got here

2019

Pub. L. 116–94, §202(b)(1), substituted "subject to paragraph (4), if the State" for "if the State". (Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020) Law text · (e)
Pub. L. 116–94, §202(b)(2), (3), added par. (4) and redesignated former par. (4) as (5). (Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020) Law text · (e), (5)

2008

Pub. L. 110–275 amended heading to include reference to medicare cost-sharing and added par. (4). (Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008) Law text · (a)

2005

Pub. L. 109–91 inserted ", including drugs described in subparagraph (K) of section 1396r–8(d)(2) of this title" after "section 1395w–102(e) of this title". (QI, TMA, and Abstinence Programs Extension and Hurricane Katrina Unemployment Relief Act of 2005) Law text · (c)

2003

Pub. L. 108–173, §103(d)(1)(A), inserted "subject to subsection (e)" after "section 1396b(a) of this title" in introductory provisions. (Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003) Law text · (a)
Pub. L. 108–173, §103(b), added subsec. (c). (Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003) Law text · (c)
Pub. L. 108–173, §103(d)(1)(B), which directed the amendment of subsec. (c)(1) by inserting "subject to subsection (e)" after "section 1396b(a)(1) of this title", was executed by making the insertion after "section 1396b(a) of this title" in subpar. (C) to reflect the probable in… (Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003) Law text · (c)
Pub. L. 108–173, §103(c), added subsec. (d). (Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003) Law text · (d)
Pub. L. 108–173, §103(d)(1)(C), added subsec. (e). (Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003) Law text · (e)

Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.