Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2017
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.
- IntroducedJan 4, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- 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; 15 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | Jan 4, 2017 |
| D-IL | Daniel Lipinski | Original | Jan 4, 2017 |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Original | Jan 4, 2017 |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Original | Jan 4, 2017 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Jan 4, 2017 |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Original | Jan 4, 2017 |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Original | Jan 4, 2017 |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Original | Jan 4, 2017 |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Original | Jan 4, 2017 |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Original | Jan 4, 2017 |
| D-NM | Michelle Lujan Grisham | Original | Jan 4, 2017 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Jan 4, 2017 |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Original | Jan 4, 2017 |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Original | Jan 4, 2017 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Jan 4, 2017 |
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | Jan 9, 2017 | |
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | Jan 9, 2017 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Apr 28, 2017 | |
| D-IA | David Loebsack | May 2, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | May 2, 2017 | |
| D-HI | Tulsi Gabbard | May 2, 2017 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | May 3, 2017 | |
| D-IN | Peter J. Visclosky | May 3, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | May 23, 2017 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | May 23, 2017 | |
| D-MD | John P. Sarbanes | Jun 13, 2017 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Jun 13, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Jun 13, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Jun 13, 2017 | |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Jul 19, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Sean Patrick Maloney | Jul 19, 2017 | |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Dec 22, 2017 | |
| R-FL | Francis Rooney | Mar 26, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Mar 26, 2018 | |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Mar 26, 2018 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Jul 23, 2018 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Jul 23, 2018 | |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | Jul 23, 2018 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Jul 23, 2018 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Jul 23, 2018 | |
| D-NM | Ben Ray Luján | Jul 26, 2018 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Jul 26, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Jul 26, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Raul Ruiz | Sep 6, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Oct 12, 2018 |
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 Jan 4, 2017 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jan 25, 2017 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jan 4, 2017 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jan 13, 2017 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 25, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jan 13, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jan 4, 2017Introduced in House
- 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.
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 H8229 | Tulsi Gabbard D-HI | Oct 26, 2017 |
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H96.
Related bills 5
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 41 | Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2017 | Identical bill | Jan 5, 2017 |
| HR 275 | Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2019 | Reintroduced Bill | Sep 25, 2019 |
| S 1688 | Empowering Medicare Seniors to Negotiate Drug Prices Act of 2017 | Related bill | Aug 1, 2017 |
| HR 3061 | Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2015 | Reintroduction of | Jul 20, 2015 |
| HR 3748 | Medicare Buy-In and Health Care Stabilization Act of 2017 | Related bill | Sep 15, 2017 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate covered part D drug prices on behalf of Medicare beneficiaries.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2017
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 4, 2017Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
