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S 1364 114th Congress Senate

Medicaid Generic Drug Price Fairness Act of 2015

Official title: A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require the payment of an additional rebate to the State Medicaid plan in the case of increase in the p… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require the payment of an additional rebate to the State Medicaid plan in the case of increase in the price of a generic drug at a rate that is greater than the rate of inflation.

Introduced: May 18, 2015 Introduced by: Sanders, Bernard Independent · Vermont See on congress.gov
Health MedicaidPrescription drugs
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May 18, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 18, 2015
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 Latest action May 18, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medicaid Generic Drug Price Fairness Act of 2015

This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to increase the amount of rebate with respect to each generic drug in the manner that the rebate for a dosage form and strength of a single source drug or an innovator multiple source drug is increased, except as provided in special application rules, including a special rule for certain noninnovator multiple source drugs.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • HR 3513 Related bill Prescription Drug Affordability Act of 2015
  • S 2023 Related bill Prescription Drug Affordability Act of 2015
  • HR 2391 Identical bill Medicaid Generic Drug Price Fairness Act of 2015
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 4
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Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Jun 3, 2015
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Warren, Elizabeth
Massachusetts · Jun 1, 2015
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Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · May 18, 2015
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Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · May 18, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1364: Medicaid Generic Drug Price Fairness Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1364/
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"S. 1364: Medicaid Generic Drug Price Fairness Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1364/.
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