HR 4752
111th Congress
House
Health
Health care costs and insurance
Inflation and prices
Medicare
Prescription drugs
Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2010
Everywhere this bill has been
5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 8, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 3, 2010
Referred to House Ways and Means
Mar 3, 2010
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.
Mar 3, 2010
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Mar 3, 2010
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2010 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to negotiate with pharmaceutical manufacturers the prices that may be charged to Medicare part D prescription drug plan (PDP) sponsors and MedicareAdvantage (MA) organizations for covered part D drugs for part D eligible individuals who are enrolled under a PDP or under an MA-Prescription Drug (MA-PD) plan.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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