HR 8139
116th Congress
House
Health
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Home and outpatient care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Inflation and prices
Medicaid
Prescription drugs
SUPPLIES Act of 2020
Introduced: September 1, 2020
Introduced by:
Bilirakis, Gus M.
Republican
· Florida
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 1, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Sep 1, 2020
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Surplus Utilization of Pharmaceutical Products Leveraged In Emergency Scenarios Act of 2020 or the SUPPLIES Act of 2020
This bill excludes certain short-dated drugs from rebate calculations under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program during the public health emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Specifically, the bill excludes from such calculations direct sales of drugs that (1) have a shelf life of one year or more and expire one year after the date of sale, or (2) have a shelf life of less than one year and expire after the same number of days as the shelf life following the date of sale.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1