US Congress Senate Bill 2247 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 9-3)
Status: Introduced on July 24 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-07-24 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Establishes and otherwise modifies requirements for pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), particularly with respect to the disclosure of certain drug pricing information. Among other things, the bill (1) requires PBMs to pass on a minimum percentage of negotiated rebates, discounts, or price concessions to plan sponsors; (2) temporarily requires negotiated prices for covered drugs under the Medicare prescription drug benefit to be provided at the point-of-sale; and (3) requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to establish certain quality measures for determining pharmacy incentive payments.

Phair Relief Act of 2019

Sen. John Kennedy [R-LA]	Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]	Sen. Shelley Capito [R-WV]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]
Sen. Bill Cassidy [R-LA]	Sen. James Lankford [R-OK]	Sen. Steve Daines [R-MT]	Sen. Kevin Cramer [R-ND]
Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith [R-MS]	Sen. Joe Manchin [D-WV]	Sen. Roger Wicker [R-MS]	Sen. Cory Gardner [R-CO]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-07-24	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/2247/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s2247/BILLS-116s2247is.pdf