118th Congress Health
H.R. 4115: Lower Drug Costs for Families Act
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Summary
This bill applies certain Medicare prescription drug rebate requirements to prescription drugs that are available under private health insurance.
Current law requires drug manufacturers to issue rebates to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for brand-name drugs without generic equivalents under Medicare that (1) cost $100 or more per year per individual, and (2) for which prices increase faster than inflation. Manufacturers that fail to comply are subject to civil penalties.
The bill applies these requirements to prescription drugs that are available in the commercial market under private health insurance. It also indexes rebate calculations to drug prices in 2016 (as opposed to 2021).
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
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Cosponsors
- Elissa Slotkin D-MIOriginal
- Steven Horsford D-NV
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History
- Introduced in the House by Ruben Gallego.
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- Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Introduced in House
- Referred 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.