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116th Congress
Senate
Health
Accounting and auditing
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Health care costs and insurance
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Medicare
Prescription drugs
Phair Relief Act of 2019
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 24, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jul 24, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Phair Relief Act of 2019
This bill establishes and otherwise modifies requirements for pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), particularly with respect to the disclosure of certain drug pricing information.
Among other things, the bill (1) requires PBMs to pass on a minimum percentage of negotiated rebates, discounts, or price concessions to plan sponsors; (2) temporarily requires negotiated prices for covered drugs under the Medicare prescription drug benefit to be provided at the point-of-sale; and (3) requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to establish certain quality measures for determining pharmacy incentive payments.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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