HR 242 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2017

Introduced Jan 4, 2017 Originated House Sponsor Peter Welch D-VT

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jan 25, 2017 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.

  1. IntroducedJan 4, 2017
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2017

This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies regarding prices for drugs covered under the Medicare prescription drug benefit. Current law prohibits CMS from doing so.

Cosponsors 45

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 4, 2017 to Oct 12, 2018, with 15 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalJan 4, 2017
D-ILDaniel LipinskiOriginalJan 4, 2017
D-RIDavid N. CicillineOriginalJan 4, 2017
D-MDElijah E. CummingsOriginalJan 4, 2017
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalJan 4, 2017
D-FLKathy CastorOriginalJan 4, 2017
D-MNKeith EllisonOriginalJan 4, 2017
D-OHMarcy KapturOriginalJan 4, 2017
D-WIMark PocanOriginalJan 4, 2017
D-PAMatt CartwrightOriginalJan 4, 2017
D-NMMichelle Lujan GrishamOriginalJan 4, 2017
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalJan 4, 2017
D-CTRosa L. DeLauroOriginalJan 4, 2017
D-MAStephen F. LynchOriginalJan 4, 2017
D-TNSteve CohenOriginalJan 4, 2017
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Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jan 25, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. Jan 13, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  3. Jan 4, 2017Introduced in House
  4. Jan 4, 2017Referred 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.

Related bills 3

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 41Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2017Identical billJan 5, 2017
S 1688Empowering Medicare Seniors to Negotiate Drug Prices Act of 2017Related billAug 1, 2017
HR 3748Medicare Buy-In and Health Care Stabilization Act of 2017Related billSep 15, 2017

Subjects

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

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  1. Jan 4, 2017Introduced in House

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