ALERT Act of 2019
Latest action · Mar 22, 2019 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.
- IntroducedMar 21, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Analyzing and Leveraging Existing Rx Transactions Act of 2019 or the ALERT Act of 2019
This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration to establish an electronic system to provide pharmacists with a patient's prescription and dispensing history with respect to covered drugs (i.e., those identified as having a risk of misuse or abuse).
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 21, 2019 to Dec 18, 2019; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-OK | Markwayne Mullin | Original | Mar 21, 2019 |
| D-MN | Dean Phillips | May 21, 2019 | |
| R-TX | Kenny Marchant | Aug 2, 2019 | |
| D-OK | Kendra S. Horn | Dec 18, 2019 |
Committees 1
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 Mar 21, 2019 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Mar 22, 2019 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 22, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Mar 21, 2019Introduced in House
- Mar 21, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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. 165, no. 50, March 21, 2019, page H2762.
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for the establishment of the Prescription Safety Alert System with respect to covered drug products, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- ALERT Act of 2019
- Analyzing and Leveraging Existing Rx Transactions Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 21, 2019Introduced 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.
