118th Congress Health
H.R. 1173: Patients’ Right to Know Their Medication Act of 2023
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Summary
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.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
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Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Jared Golden D-MEOriginal
- C. Ruppersberger D-MDOriginal
- Bruce Westerman R-AROriginal
- Zoe Lofgren D-CA
- Chellie Pingree D-ME
- Yvette Clarke D-NY
- David Trone D-MD
- Terri Sewell D-AL
- Jefferson Van Drew R-NJ
- Chris Pappas D-NH
- Jill Tokuda D-HI
- Bradley Schneider D-IL
- Mary Peltola D-AK
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez D-WA
- Salud Carbajal D-CA
Who scored on this bill
- 1Earl Carter SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced2 events+6
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History
- Introduced in the House by Earl Carter.
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- Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Introduced in House
- Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.