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HR 4187 113th Congress House

DISARM Act of 2014

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to encourage the development and use of new antimicrobial drugs, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 27, 2014 See on congress.gov
Health Congressional oversightDrug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulationGovernment studies and investigationsInfectious and parasitic diseases
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MedicarePrescription drugsProduct development and innovation
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Mar 14, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 11, 2014
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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 11, 2014
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 14, 2014

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Developing an Innovative Strategy for Antimicrobial Resistant Microorganisms Act of 2014 or DISARM Act of 2014 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to: (1) recognize the costs of new antimicrobial drugs under the Medicare payment system for the inpatient services of subsection (d) hospitals, (2) provide for additional payment with respect to discharges involving such drugs, (3) publish in the Federal Register a list of the new antimicrobial drugs, and (4) further reduce each of the average standardized payment amounts in a specified manner to maintain budget neutrality in a fiscal year beginning with FY2015.

(Generally, a subsection [d] hospital is an acute care hospital, particularly one that receives payments under Medicare's inpatient prospective payment system [IPPS] when providing covered inpatient services to eligible beneficiaries.)

Directs the Comptroller General (GAO) to study the barriers that prevent the development of new antimicrobial drugs and develop recommendations for actions to be taken in order to overcome such barriers.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4187: DISARM Act of 2014. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-4187/
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