Renal Anemia Innovation Support and Expansion Act or the RAISE Act
This bill allows coverage of prescription vitamin and mineral products under the Medicare prescription drug benefit if the products are administered orally and are used to treat iron deficiency anemia in individuals who have chronic kidney disease.
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove from the list 
 of drugs excluded from coverage under the Medicare prescription drug 
 program prescription oral vitamins and mineral products indicated for 
  the treatment of iron deficiency anemia in individuals with chronic 
                            kidney disease.

    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 ``Renal Anemia Innovation Support and 
Expansion Act'' or the ``RAISE Act''.

SEC. 2. REMOVING CERTAIN PRESCRIPTION VITAMINS AND MINERAL PRODUCTS 
              FROM THE LIST OF DRUGS EXCLUDED FROM COVERAGE UNDER THE 
              MEDICARE PRESCRIPTION DRUG PROGRAM.

    Section 1860D-2(e)(2)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395w-102(e)(2)(A)) is amended by inserting ``other than subparagraph 
(F) of such section (relating to prescription vitamin and mineral 
products, except prenatal vitamins and fluoride preparations) if the 
prescription vitamin or mineral product is orally administered and is 
indicated for treatment of iron deficiency anemia in individuals with 
chronic kidney disease,'' after ``other than subparagraph (E) of such 
section (relating to smoking cessation agents),''.
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RAISE Act
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove from the list of drugs excluded from coverage under the Medicare prescription drug program prescription oral vitamins and mineral products indicated for the treatment of iron deficiency anemia in individuals with chronic kidney disease.
RAISE Act
Renal Anemia Innovation Support and Expansion Act
Rep. O'Halleran, Tom