HR 758 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Breast Cancer Prescription Drug Fairness Act of 2001

Introduced Feb 27, 2001 Originated House Sponsor Carolyn McCarthy D-NY

Latest action · Mar 14, 2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedFeb 27, 2001
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Breast Cancer Prescription Drug Fairness Act of 2001 - Requires each participating manufacturer of a covered outpatient drug to make available for purchase by each pharmacy a covered outpatient drug: (1) in an amount equal to the aggregate amount of the covered outpatient drug sold or distributed by the pharmacy to Medicare beneficiaries (including the amount sold or distributed to Medicare beneficiaries in a hospice program); and (2) at a price equal to the lower of either the lowest price paid for the drug by the Federal Government or the manufacturer's best price for the drug.

Cosponsors 19

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 27, 2001 to Sep 4, 2002; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-NY	Felix J. Grucci Jr.	Original	Feb 27, 2001
D-NY	Gary L. Ackerman	Original	Feb 27, 2001
D-TX	Lloyd Doggett	Original	Feb 27, 2001
D-HI	Patsy T. Mink	Original	Feb 27, 2001
D-IL	Danny K. Davis		Mar 6, 2001
D-MI	David E. Bonior		Mar 6, 2001
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne		Mar 6, 2001
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton		Mar 6, 2001
D-PA	Robert A. Brady		Mar 6, 2001
D-CA	Juanita Millender-McDonald		Mar 14, 2001
D-NY	Louise McIntosh Slaughter		Mar 14, 2001
D-CA	Tom Lantos		Mar 14, 2001
D-MI	Carolyn C. Kilpatrick		Mar 28, 2001
D-NY	John J. LaFalce		Mar 28, 2001
D-RI	James R. Langevin		Apr 4, 2001

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Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Energy and Commerce Committee	Referred Feb 27, 2001
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Mar 14, 2001
House	Ways and Means Committee	Referred Feb 27, 2001
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Mar 7, 2001

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 14, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 7, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 27, 2001Introduced in House
Feb 27, 2001Referred 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.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
House	Debate and remarks H1110	Felix J. Grucci Jr. R-NY	Mar 22, 2001

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
S. Hrg. 107-315	Clean Air Act Oversight Issues564 pages	Environment and Public Works Committee	Mar 21, 2001–Aug 1, 2001

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To provide for substantial reductions in the price of prescription drugs for Medicare beneficiaries and for women diagnosed with breast cancer.
Short Titles as Introduced: Breast Cancer Prescription Drug Fairness Act of 2001

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Feb 27, 2001Introduced in House

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