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Safety Net Inpatient Drug Affordability Act

Introduced: July 28, 2005 See on congress.gov
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Aug 5, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 28, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jul 28, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Safety Net Inpatient Drug Affordability Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to expand the discount drug program to include any inpatient or outpatient drug purchased by qualified hospitals without a group purchasing arrangement. (Currently, such hospitals are only allowed to purchase discounted outpatient drugs.) Requires such hospitals to provide the state with a rebate on the estimated annual costs of single source, innovator multiple source, and noninnovator multiple source drugs provided to Medicaid recipients for inpatient use. Sets forth a method for calculating the amount of such rebate.

Allows critical access hospitals that do not obtain covered outpatient drugs through a group purchasing organization or other group purchasing arrangement to participate in the discount drug program.

What's happening now August 5, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 2 Republican 1 Independent 1
D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Jul 20, 2006
Rodgers, Cathy
· Jun 20, 2006
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · May 10, 2006
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Oct 6, 2005
 R
Simpson, Michael K.
Idaho · Jul 28, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3547: Safety Net Inpatient Drug Affordability Act. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-3547/
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"H.R. 3547: Safety Net Inpatient Drug Affordability Act." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-3547/.
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