340B Program Revision and Expansion Act of 2005
Latest action · Jan 3, 2006 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Progress
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- IntroducedDec 14, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
340B Program Revision and Expansion Act of 2005 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to include in the discount drug purchasing program those entities that receive funding under the Social Security Act for the provision of maternal and child care services, mental health services, and substance abuse services.
Allows otherwise qualified hospitals to purchase discounted drugs through group purchasing agreements and organizations.
Allows discounted drugs to be provided in an inpatient setting. (Currently, discounted drugs must be provided only on an outpatient basis.)
Allows covered entities to contract with multiple pharmacies to purchase covered drugs.
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to prevent abuse and misuse of discounted prices by: (1) developing a system to verify the accuracy of information regarding covered entities that is listed on the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) website; (2) establishing a third-party auditing system to regularly audit covered entities and ensure compliance with requirements of the discounted drug program; (3) conducting supplemental audits and implementing dispute resolution guidelines and other compliance programs; (4) issuing advisory opinions in response to questions by manufacturers or covered entities about the application of this program in specific factual circumstances; and (5) providing covered entities access through HHS's website to the prices for covered drugs.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 3, 2006Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Dec 14, 2005Introduced in House
- Dec 14, 2005Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Administrative remedies
- Auditing
- Child health
- Commerce
- Community health services
- Contracts
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Drug abuse
- Drug abuse treatment
- Drug industry
- Drugs
- Electronic government information
- Families
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government publicity
- Health
- Health information systems
- Hospital care
- Hospitals
- Internet
- Law
- Maternal health services
- Medicaid
- Mental care facilities
- Mental health services
- Pharmacies
- Prescription pricing
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Web sites
- Women
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 14, 2005Introduced in House
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