Prescription Drug Affordability and Access Act
Latest action · Jan 8, 2020 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.
- IntroducedJan 8, 2020
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Prescription Drug Affordability and Access Act
This bill addresses prescription drug costs and access. For example, the bill (1) establishes within the Department of Health and Human Services the Bureau of Prescription Drug Affordability and Access to review the wholesale acquisition costs of prescription drugs, and (2) authorizes the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to negotiate Medicare drug prices.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jan 8, 2020.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | Jan 8, 2020 |
| D-CA | Kamala D. Harris | Original | Jan 8, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 8, 2020Introduced in Senate
- Jan 8, 2020Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Advisory bodies
- Business records
- Congressional oversight
- Corporate finance and management
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Health
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care coverage and access
- Health programs administration and funding
- Inflation and prices
- Intellectual property
- Manufacturing
- Prescription drugs
- Retail and wholesale trades
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 8, 2020Introduced in Senate
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