MERIT Act
Latest action · Dec 19, 2024 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 779.
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 9, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) Act
This bill specifies that coverage determinations for drugs and biologics under Medicare must be made with respect to each drug or biologic, rather than with respect to a class of drugs or biologics.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 9, 2023 to Aug 25, 2023; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Maria Elvira Salazar | Original | Jan 9, 2023 |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Original | Jan 9, 2023 |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | May 9, 2023 | |
| R-GA | A. Drew Ferguson IV | May 10, 2023 | |
| R-OH | Mike Carey | May 11, 2023 | |
| R-WV | Carol D. Miller | Aug 25, 2023 |
Committees 2
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 Jan 9, 2023Markup Dec 5, 2023Markup Dec 6, 2023Reported Nov 22, 2024 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jan 20, 2023Markup Nov 15, 2023Reported Nov 15, 2023 | |
| Communications and Technology Subcommittee | Referred Mar 3, 2023 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jan 9, 2023 Nov 22, 2024Discharged Dec 19, 2024 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Dec 17, 2024 |
Actions 13
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 19, 2024Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
- Dec 19, 2024Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 779.
- Dec 17, 2024Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Nov 22, 2024Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 118-764, Part I.
- Nov 22, 2024House Committee on Ways and Means Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Dec. 19, 2024.
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Mar 13, 2024H.R. 133, Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on December 6, 2023
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 7, January 9, 2023, page H110.
Printed hearings 2
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. 118-727 | THE FUTURE OF BROADBAND AFFORDABILITY97 pages | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | May 2, 2024 |
| — | DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023275 pages | Appropriations Committee | Oct 24, 2023 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 9127 | Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) Act | Reintroduction of | Oct 5, 2022 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to clarify the use of the national coverage determination process under the Medicare program.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- MERIT Act
- Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 19, 2024Reported in House
- Jan 9, 2023Introduced 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.
