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Rx Flexibility for States Act

Introduced: March 5, 2003 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mar 5, 2003
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Rx Flexibility for States Act - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to declare that nothing prohibits a State: (1) from directly entering into drug rebate agreements that are similar to a specified rebate agreement with a manufacturer to ensure the affordability of outpatient prescription drugs in order to provide access to them by residents of a State who are not otherwise eligible for medical assistance under the Medicaid program; or (2) from making prior authorization a condition of not participating in such a similar rebate agreement.
What's happening now March 5, 2003

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Bill text 1 version

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Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Mar 5, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 542: Rx Flexibility for States Act. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-542/
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"S. 542: Rx Flexibility for States Act." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-542/.
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S. 542, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-542/.
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