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Safety Net Inpatient Drug Affordability Act

Introduced: October 6, 2005 Introduced by: Thune, John Republican · South Dakota See on congress.gov
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Oct 6, 2005
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Oct 6, 2005
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 10/07/2005 S11230-11231)
Oct 6, 2005
Introduced in Senate
 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 October 6, 2005

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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