US HB444 | 2009-2010 | 111th Congress

US Congress House Bill 444 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 85-18)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-01-14 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

340B Program Improvement and Integrity Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to expand the drug discount program to allow participation as a covered entity by certain: (1) children's hospitals; (2) critical access hospitals; (3) entities providing maternal and child health services, community mental health services, or treatment services for substance abuse; (4) Medicare-dependent, small rural hospitals; (5) sole community hospitals; and (6) rural referral centers. Prohibits enrolled hospitals from obtaining covered outpatient drugs through a group purchasing arrangement. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish reasonable exceptions to such requirements, including for drugs unavailable through the program and to facilitate generic substitution when a generic covered drug is available at a lower price. Expands the program to include a drug used in connection with an inpatient or outpatient service by enrolled hospitals. (Currently, only outpatient drugs are covered under the program.)Requires hospitals enrolled in the 340B drug discount program to provide to each state a credit on the estimated annual costs to such hospital of single source and innovator multiple source drugs and noninnovator multiple source drugs provided to Medicaid recipients for inpatient use. Sets forth a formula for calculating the credit. Allows a hospital to avoid paying such credits under certain circumstances. Requires the Secretary to: (1) carry out activities to improve compliance by manufacturers and covered entities with the requirements of the drug discount program; and (2) establish an administrative process for resolving claims by covered entities and manufacturers of violations of such requirements.Requires manufacturers to offer each covered entity covered drugs for purchase at or below the applicable ceiling price if such a drug is made available to any other purchaser at any price.

Title

340B Program Improvement and Integrity Act of 2009

Sponsors

Rep. Neil Abercrombie [D-HI]	Rep. Gary Ackerman [D-NY]	Rep. Rodney Alexander [R-LA]	Rep. Michael Arcuri [D-NY]
Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Rep. Shelley Berkley [D-NV]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Timothy Bishop [D-NY]
Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]	Rep. Dan Boren [D-OK]	Rep. Leonard Boswell [D-IA]	Rep. Rick Boucher [D-VA]
Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]	Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]	Rep. Dan Burton [R-IN]	Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]
Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. Russ Carnahan [D-MO]	Rep. Christopher Carney [D-PA]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]
Rep. Ben Chandler [D-KY]	Rep. Donna Christensen [D-VI]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. John Culberson [R-TX]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]
Rep. Kathleen Dahlkemper [D-PA]	Rep. Artur Davis [D-AL]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart [R-FL]
Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]	Rep. Jo Emerson [R-MO]	Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]	Rep. Bob Filner [D-CA]
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords [D-AZ]	Rep. Charles Gonzalez [D-TX]	Rep. Bart Gordon [D-TN]	Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]
Rep. Brett Guthrie [R-KY]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. John Hall [D-NY]	Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]
Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin [D-SD]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D-NY]	Rep. Ruben Hinojosa [D-TX]
Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]	Rep. Paul Hodes [D-NH]	Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]
Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Steve Kagen [D-WI]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]
Rep. Larry Kissell [D-NC]	Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D-OH]	Rep. Steven LaTourette [R-OH]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]
Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D-NY]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. John McHugh [R-NY]	Rep. Mike McIntyre [D-NC]	Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA]
Rep. Michael Michaud [D-ME]	Rep. Brad Miller [D-NC]	Rep. Dennis Moore [D-KS]	Sen. Jerry Moran [R-KS]
Rep. John Murtha [D-PA]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. John Olver [D-MA]	Rep. William Owens [D-NY]	Rep. Ron Paul [R-TX]	Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]
Rep. Nick Rahall [D-WV]	Rep. Laura Richardson [D-CA]	Rep. Mike D. Rogers [R-AL]	Rep. Mike Ross [D-AR]
Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. John Salazar [D-CO]	Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]
Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]	Rep. Heath Shuler [D-NC]	Rep. Michael Simpson [R-ID]
Rep. Ike Skelton [D-MO]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Bart Stupak [D-MI]	Rep. Betty Sutton [D-OH]
Rep. Harry Teague [D-NM]	Rep. Lee Terry [R-NE]	Rep. Zach Wamp [R-TN]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]
Rep. Robert Wexler [D-FL]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]	Rep. C.W. Young [R-FL]

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-01-14		Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2009-01-09		Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Same As/Similar To

SB1239 (Related) 2009-06-11 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6546-6548)