S 637
116th Congress
Senate
Health
Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Inflation and prices
Prescription drugs
CURE High Drug Prices Act
Introduced: February 28, 2019
Introduced by:
Blumenthal, Richard
Democratic
· Connecticut
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 28, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Feb 28, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Combatting Unreasonable Rises and Excessively High Drug Prices Act or the CURE High Drug Prices Act
This bill prohibits price gouging by manufacturers of prescription drugs (including a combination of a drug, device, or biological product) that are covered by a federal health care program. The bill specifies percentage increases in price at which price gouging is presumed.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
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