Cutting Copays Act
Latest action · Dec 17, 2024 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.
- IntroducedSep 12, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Cutting Copays Act
This bill eliminates cost-sharing for generic drugs for those with the lowest-income under the Medicare prescription drug benefit's Low-Income Subsidy Program beginning in 2024.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 12, 2023 to Sep 18, 2024; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Gus M. Bilirakis | Original | Sep 12, 2023 |
| D-CO | Brittany Pettersen | Sep 18, 2024 |
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 Sep 12, 2023Markup Dec 5, 2023Markup Dec 6, 2023 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Sep 15, 2023Markup Nov 15, 2023Reported Nov 15, 2023 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Sep 12, 2023 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Dec 17, 2024 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 17, 2024Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Dec 6, 2023Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Dec 6, 2023Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 41 - 1.
- Dec 5, 2023Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Nov 15, 2023Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Nov 15, 2023Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
- Sep 15, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Sep 12, 2023Introduced in House
- Sep 12, 2023Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Mar 13, 2024H.R. 5386, Cutting Copays 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. 147, September 12, 2023, page H4264.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3951 | Cutting Copays Act | Related bill | Mar 14, 2024 |
Titles 2
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 provide for adjustments to the Medicare part D cost-sharing reductions for low-income individuals.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Cutting Copays Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 12, 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.
