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118th Congress Health

S. 476: Maintaining Investments in New Innovation Act

Introduced

  1. Introduced (completed)Feb 16, 2023
  2. Passed Senate (not reached)
  3. Passed House (not reached)
  4. To the President (not reached)
  5. Became law (not reached)

Summary

Introduced in Senate, Feb 16, 2023

This bill requires drug products with genetically targeted technology to have had market approval for at least 11 years in order to qualify for the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program. (The program requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to negotiate the prices of certain prescription drugs under Medicare beginning in 2026. Among other requirements, drugs must have had market approval for at least 7 years (for drug products) or 11 years (for biologics) to qualify for negotiation.)

Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.

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Amendments

0 offered

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Cosponsors

3

Bipartisan support.

Who scored on this bill

6 points earned
  1. 1Robert Menendez D-NJ SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced2 events+6
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History

  1. Feb 16, 2023Introduced in the Senate by Robert Menendez.
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  1. Feb 16, 2023Introduced in Senate
  2. Feb 16, 2023Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.