S 1532
116th Congress
Senate
Health
Congressional oversight
Drug therapy
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Inflation and prices
Medicaid
Medicare
Prescription drugs
Pharmacy Benefit Manager Accountability Study Act of 2019
Introduced: May 16, 2019
Introduced by:
Blackburn, Marsha
Republican
· Tennessee
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 16, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
May 16, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Pharmacy Benefit Manager Accountability Study Act of 2019
This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to report on the role of pharmacy benefit managers in the pharmaceutical supply chain and recommend legislative actions to lower the cost of prescription drugs.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
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