S 3194 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Capping Prescription Costs Act of 2018

Introduced Jul 11, 2018 Originated Senate Sponsor Elizabeth Warren D-MA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jul 11, 2018 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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.

IntroducedJul 11, 2018
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Capping Prescription Costs Act of 2018

This bill caps the monthly prescription-drug cost-sharing permitted under qualified health plans and group health plans.

Cosponsors 20

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 11, 2018 to Sep 18, 2018, with 16 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-FL	Bill Nelson	Original	Jul 11, 2018
D-RI	Jack Reed	Original	Jul 11, 2018
D-NH	Jeanne Shaheen	Original	Jul 11, 2018
D-OR	Jeff Merkley	Original	Jul 11, 2018
D-NY	Kirsten E. Gillibrand	Original	Jul 11, 2018
D-NH	Margaret Wood Hassan	Original	Jul 11, 2018
D-NM	Martin Heinrich	Original	Jul 11, 2018
D-VT	Patrick J. Leahy	Original	Jul 11, 2018
D-WA	Patty Murray	Original	Jul 11, 2018
D-CT	Richard Blumenthal	Original	Jul 11, 2018
D-IL	Richard J. Durbin	Original	Jul 11, 2018
D-OR	Ron Wyden	Original	Jul 11, 2018
D-RI	Sheldon Whitehouse	Original	Jul 11, 2018
D-WI	Tammy Baldwin	Original	Jul 11, 2018
D-MN	Tina Smith	Original	Jul 11, 2018

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Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jul 11, 2018Introduced in Senate
Jul 11, 2018Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Related bills 3

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 2582	Consumer Health Insurance Protection Act of 2018	Related bill	Mar 21, 2018
S 3411	Affordable Medications Act	Related bill	Sep 5, 2018
HR 6340	Capping Prescription Costs Act of 2018	Identical bill	Jul 11, 2018

Subjects

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

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Jul 11, 2018Introduced in Senate

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