Capping Prescription Costs Act of 2018
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; 16 are original cosponsors, there from 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 |
| D-NM | Tom Udall | Original | Jul 11, 2018 |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Jul 16, 2018 | |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Jul 16, 2018 | |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Jul 23, 2018 | |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Sep 18, 2018 |
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 Jul 11, 2018 |
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.
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.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 115-616 | HEARING ON PENDING LEGISLATION174 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Aug 1, 2018 |
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 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to cap prescription drug cost-sharing, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Capping Prescription Costs Act of 2018
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 11, 2018Introduced in Senate
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.
