Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act
Latest action · Oct 27, 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.
- IntroducedOct 26, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act
This bill makes a series of changes relating to the prices of prescription drugs under the Medicare prescription drug benefit and Medicare Advantage prescription drug plans, including requirements relating to rebates for low-income individuals and drug price negotiations.
Cosponsors 21
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 26, 2017 to Dec 13, 2018; 17 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-TX | Beto O'Rourke | Original | Oct 26, 2017 |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Original | Oct 26, 2017 |
| D-NH | Carol Shea-Porter | Original | Oct 26, 2017 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Oct 26, 2017 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Oct 26, 2017 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Oct 26, 2017 |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Original | Oct 26, 2017 |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Original | Oct 26, 2017 |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Original | Oct 26, 2017 |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Original | Oct 26, 2017 |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Original | Oct 26, 2017 |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Original | Oct 26, 2017 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Oct 26, 2017 |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Original | Oct 26, 2017 |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Original | Oct 26, 2017 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Oct 26, 2017 |
| D-HI | Tulsi Gabbard | Original | Oct 26, 2017 |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Nov 29, 2017 | |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Jul 17, 2018 | |
| D-NY | Sean Patrick Maloney | Nov 13, 2018 | |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | Dec 13, 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 Oct 26, 2017 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Oct 27, 2017 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Oct 26, 2017 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 27, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Oct 26, 2017Introduced in House
- Oct 26, 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 | Lists H8271H.R. 4138–4160 | — | 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 Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 173, October 26, 2017, page H8271.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 252 | Medicare Drug Savings Act of 2017 | Related bill | Feb 1, 2017 |
| S 2011 | Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act | Identical bill | Oct 25, 2017 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the negotiation of lower covered part D drug prices on behalf of Medicare beneficiaries and the establishment and application of a formulary by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under Medicare part D, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 26, 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.
