340B Program Improvement and Integrity Act of 2007
Latest action · May 14, 2007 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6057-6060)
Progress
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- IntroducedMay 14, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
340B Program Improvement and Integrity Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to expand the drug discount program to allow participation as a covered entity by certain children's hospitals, critical access hospitals, and rural referral centers or sole community hospitals. Prohibits enrolled hospitals from obtaining covered outpatient drugs through a group purchasing arrangement. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish reasonable exceptions to such prohibition, including for drugs unavailable through the program and to facilitate generic substitution when a generic covered drug is available at a lower price.
Expands the program to include a drug used in connection with an inpatient or outpatient service by enrolled hospitals. (Currently, only outpatient drugs are covered under the program.)
Requires hospitals enrolled in the 340B drug discount program to provide to each state a credit on the estimated annual costs to such hospital of single source and innovator multiple source drugs and noninnovator multiple source drugs provided to Medicaid recipients for inpatient use. Sets forth a formula for calculating the credit. Allows a hospital to avoid paying such credits under certain circumstances.
Requires the Secretary to: (1) carry out activities to improve compliance by manufacturers and covered entities with the requirements of the drug discount program; and (2) establish an administrative process for resolving claims by covered entities and manufacturers of violations of such requirements.
Requires manufacturers to offer each covered entity covered drugs for purchase at or below the applicable ceiling price if such a drug is made available to any other purchaser at any price.
Cosponsors 17
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 14, 2007 to Oct 1, 2008; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-SD | John Thune | Original | May 14, 2007 |
| D-WI | Russell D. Feingold | Jun 14, 2007 | |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Jun 14, 2007 | |
| R-GA | Johnny Isakson | Aug 2, 2007 | |
| D-SD | Tim Johnson | Aug 2, 2007 | |
| R-GA | Saxby Chambliss | Sep 27, 2007 | |
| R-AK | Lisa Murkowski | Nov 16, 2007 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Feb 25, 2008 | |
| D-WV | Robert C. Byrd | Mar 13, 2008 | |
| D-HI | Daniel K. Inouye | May 13, 2008 | |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Jul 8, 2008 | |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Jul 23, 2008 | |
| D-MO | Claire McCaskill | Jul 30, 2008 | |
| D-MA | John F. Kerry | Jul 31, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Sep 9, 2008 | |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Sep 16, 2008 | |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Oct 1, 2008 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred May 14, 2007 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 14, 2007Introduced in Senate
- May 14, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6057)
- May 14, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6057-6060)
In the Congressional Record 2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S6260 | John Thune R-SD | May 17, 2007 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S6057Text printed S6057–S6061 | Jeff Bingaman D-NM (text) | May 14, 2007 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2606 | 340B Program Improvement and Integrity Act of 2007 | Related bill | Jun 7, 2007 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and expand the drug discount program under section 340B of such Act to improve the provision of discounts on drug purchases for certain safety net provides.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- 340B Program Improvement and Integrity Act of 2007
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 14, 2007Introduced in Senate
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