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HR 758 107th Congress House

Breast Cancer Prescription Drug Fairness Act of 2001

Official title: To provide for substantial reductions in the price of prescription drugs for Medicare beneficiaries and for women diagnosed with breast cancer.

Introduced: March 6, 2001 See on congress.gov
Health Ambulatory careBreast cancerCommerceCongress
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Congressional reporting requirementsDrug industryDrug therapyDrugsGovernmental investigationsHospices (Terminal care)Life expectancyMedicarePharmaciesPrescription pricingPrice discriminationSocial WelfareTerminally illWomenWomen's health
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This bill died when the 107th Congress ended
It never became law before the 107th Congress (2001–2002) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 14, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 7, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 27, 2001
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
Feb 27, 2001
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 14, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Breast Cancer Prescription Drug Fairness Act of 2001 - Requires each participating manufacturer of a covered outpatient drug to make available for purchase by each pharmacy a covered outpatient drug: (1) in an amount equal to the aggregate amount of the covered outpatient drug sold or distributed by the pharmacy to Medicare beneficiaries (including the amount sold or distributed to Medicare beneficiaries in a hospice program); and (2) at a price equal to the lower of either the lowest price paid for the drug by the Federal Government or the manufacturer's best price for the drug.
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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 4
D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Jul 27, 2001
SANDLIN, MAX
· May 8, 2001
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Mar 6, 2001
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 6, 2001
 D
Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · Feb 27, 2001
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 758: Breast Cancer Prescription Drug Fairness Act of 2001. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-758/
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"H.R. 758: Breast Cancer Prescription Drug Fairness Act of 2001." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-758/.
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H.R. 758, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-758/.
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