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118th Congress Health

H.R. 4215: End Price Gouging for Medications Act

Introduced

  1. Introduced (completed)Jun 20, 2023
  2. Passed House (not reached)
  3. Passed Senate (not reached)
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  5. Became law (not reached)

Summary

Introduced in House, Jun 20, 2023

This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to set maximum prices for prescription drugs under specified federal health programs. Specifically, HHS must establish reference prices based on certain factors, including the lowest retail price for a drug among specified reference countries.

Retail prices of covered drugs under specified federal health programs (e.g., Medicare and Medicaid) may not exceed the established reference prices. Drugs must also be available at such prices to uninsured individuals and to individuals with private health insurance.

Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.

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History

  1. Jun 20, 2023Introduced in the House by Debbie Dingell.
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  1. Dec 17, 2024Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. Jul 19, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  3. Jun 23, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  4. Jun 20, 2023Introduced in House
  5. Jun 20, 2023Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Armed Services, Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Accountability, and Natural Resources, 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.