119th Congress Health
S. 475: Alternatives to PAIN Act
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Summary
This bill reduces cost-sharing and prohibits the imposition of certain utilization requirements under the Medicare prescription drug benefit for certain non-opioid pain management drugs.
Specifically, the bill requires such drugs to be covered without a deductible and to be placed on the lowest cost-sharing tier (if any). The bill also prohibits the imposition of prior authorization requirements (i.e., requiring prior approval from a plan) or step therapy requirements (i.e., requiring the use of alternative drugs before a drug is covered under a plan) with respect to such drugs.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Michael Bennet D-COOriginal
- Cory Booker D-NJOriginal
- Jim Banks R-INOriginal
- Ted Budd R-NCOriginal
- Katie Britt R-ALOriginal
- Shelley Capito R-WVOriginal
- John Cornyn R-TXOriginal
- Christopher Coons D-DEOriginal
- Steve Daines R-MTOriginal
- Cindy Hyde-Smith R-MSOriginal
- Mark Kelly D-AZOriginal
- Timothy Kaine D-VAOriginal
- Jerry Moran R-KSOriginal
- Alejandro Padilla D-CAOriginal
- Jeanne Shaheen D-NHOriginal
- Mark Warner D-VAOriginal
- John Boozman R-AR
- Raphael Warnock D-GA
- Jim Justice R-WV
- Amy Klobuchar D-MN
- Catherine Cortez Masto D-NV
- John Kennedy R-LA
- Marsha Blackburn R-TN
- Ruben Gallego D-AZ
- Angus King I-ME
- Jon Ossoff D-GA
- Jeff Merkley D-OR
- Tim Sheehy R-MT
- Deb Fischer R-NE
- Adam Schiff D-CA
- Richard Blumenthal D-CT
- Jon Husted R-OH
- Tammy Duckworth D-IL
- Roger Marshall R-KS
- Mazie Hirono D-HI
- Dave McCormick R-PA
Who scored on this bill
- 1Thom Tillis SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced, reached a cosponsor milestone3 events+12
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History
- Introduced in the Senate by Thom Tillis.
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- Introduced in Senate
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.