Skip to main content
HR 1600 114th Congress House

Patients' Access to Treatments Act of 2015

Official title: To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to limit co-payment, coinsurance, or other cost-sharing requirements applicable to prescription drugs in … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to limit co-payment, coinsurance, or other cost-sharing requirements applicable to prescription drugs in a specialty drug tier to the dollar amount (or its equivalent) of such requirements applicable to prescription drugs in a non-preferred brand drug tier, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 25, 2015 See on congress.gov
Health Employee benefits and pensionsHealth care costs and insurancePrescription drugs
This bill died when the 114th Congress ended
It never became law before the 114th Congress (2015–2016) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 27, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 25, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Mar 25, 2015
Introduced in House
 Ask about this bill AI · grounded in the bill text

Have a question about what this bill does? Ask in plain English; the answer is drawn from the bill's actual text and official record, and it'll tell you when something isn't in the text rather than guess.

AI answers can be imperfect; always confirm against the full bill text.

 Latest action March 27, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Patients' Access to Treatments Act of 2015

Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish cost-sharing limits for health plans that cover prescription drugs and use a formulary or other tiered cost-sharing structure. Prohibits such a health plan from imposing higher cost-sharing requirements, including co-payment and co-insurance, for specialty drugs than for other prescription drugs in a non-preferred brand drug tier. Applies the non-preferred brand drug tier for which beneficiary cost-sharing is lowest, if a formulary used by the health plan contains more than one non-preferred brand drug tier.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 47
ROS-LEHTINEN, ILEANA
· Sep 8, 2016
D
Castor, Kathy
Florida · Jul 8, 2016
D
Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · Jul 8, 2016
D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Jul 8, 2016
D
Veasey, Marc A.
Texas · Jul 8, 2016
D
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Jul 8, 2016
D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Sep 30, 2015
D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Sep 30, 2015
D
Aguilar, Pete
California · Sep 29, 2015
D
Chu, Judy
California · Jun 10, 2015
D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Jun 10, 2015
D
Beatty, Joyce
Ohio · May 18, 2015
D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · May 14, 2015
D
Lieu, Ted
California · May 14, 2015
D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · May 14, 2015
Murphy, Tim
· May 12, 2015
D
Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · May 12, 2015
R
Amodei, Mark E.
Nevada · Apr 30, 2015
D
Bonamici, Suzanne
Oregon · Apr 21, 2015
FRELINGHUYSEN, RODNEY
· Apr 21, 2015
D
Luján, Ben Ray
New Mexico · Apr 21, 2015
Comstock, Barbara
· Apr 14, 2015
D
Huffman, Jared
California · Apr 14, 2015
D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Apr 14, 2015
D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Apr 14, 2015
D
Takano, Mark
California · Apr 14, 2015
R
Wittman, Robert J.
Virginia · Apr 14, 2015
D
Beyer, Donald S.
Virginia · Mar 25, 2015
D
Brownley, Julia
California · Mar 25, 2015
D
Carson, André
Indiana · Mar 25, 2015
D
Clark, Katherine M.
Massachusetts · Mar 25, 2015
D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Mar 25, 2015
D
Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · Mar 25, 2015
D
Garamendi, John
California · Mar 25, 2015
D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Mar 25, 2015
D
Keating, William R.
Massachusetts · Mar 25, 2015
D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Mar 25, 2015
D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Mar 25, 2015
D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 25, 2015
D
Peters, Scott H.
California · Mar 25, 2015
D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Mar 25, 2015
D
Quigley, Mike
Illinois · Mar 25, 2015
D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Mar 25, 2015
R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Mar 25, 2015
D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Mar 25, 2015
D
Titus, Dina
Nevada · Mar 25, 2015
D
Tonko, Paul
New York · Mar 25, 2015
Cite this page click to expand
APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1600: Patients' Access to Treatments Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1600/
MLA
"H.R. 1600: Patients' Access to Treatments Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1600/.
Bluebook (legal)
H.R. 1600, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1600/.
Markdown link
[H.R. 1600: Patients' Access to Treatments Act of 2015](https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1600/)
Report a problem