Patients’ Right to Know Their Medication Act of 2023
Latest action · Mar 3, 2023 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.
- IntroducedFeb 24, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Patients' Right to Know Their Medication Act of 2023
This bill establishes requirements relating to the form, content, and distribution of patient safety labels for prescription drugs.
Specifically, the Food and Drug Administration must issue regulations with requirements relating to the authorship, content, format, color, printing, and dissemination of such patient safety information. The regulations must require labels to include the drug's approved uses, known interactions with other drugs or substances, contact information for the drug's manufacturer, and other specified information relating to patient safety. The information must be in plain, neutral language and must be given in printed form with each prescription.
Cosponsors 15
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 24, 2023 to Nov 1, 2024, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AR | Bruce Westerman | Original | Feb 24, 2023 |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Original | Feb 24, 2023 |
| D-ME | Jared F. Golden | Original | Feb 24, 2023 |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Apr 17, 2023 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Apr 19, 2023 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | May 30, 2023 | |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | Aug 4, 2023 | |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Nov 1, 2023 | |
| R-NJ | Jefferson Van Drew | Nov 8, 2023 | |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Dec 12, 2023 | |
| D-HI | Jill N. Tokuda | Dec 14, 2023 | |
| D-IL | Bradley Scott Schneider | Dec 26, 2023 | |
| D-AK | Mary Sattler Peltola | Feb 13, 2024 | |
| D-WA | Marie Gluesenkamp Perez | Feb 23, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Nov 1, 2024 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 3, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Feb 24, 2023Introduced in House
- Feb 24, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
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Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 24, 2023Introduced in House
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