Drug Availability and Health Care Access Improvement Act of 2001
Summary
Provides full Federal funding for such Medicaid coverage.
Amends SSA title XVIII part C (Medicare+Choice), as amended by the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000, with respect to access to Medicare+Choice plans through an increase in the minimum Medicare+Choice capitation rate.
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the program for importation of certain prescription drugs by pharmacists and wholesalers to: (1) revise importer drug testing requirements; (2) prohibit drug manufacturers from discriminating against U.S. pharmacists, wholesalers, or consumers; and (3) changes from the Secretary of Health and Human Services to the Comptroller General responsibility for a specified study on drug imports.