S 801
116th Congress
Senate
Health
Advisory bodies
Health care costs and insurance
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Medicaid
Medicare
Prescription drugs
A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to provide the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission and the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission with access to certain drug payment information, including certain rebate information.
Introduced: March 14, 2019
Introduced by:
Cortez Masto, Catherine
Democratic
· Nevada
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 14, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mar 14, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
This bill allows certain payment information relating to covered drugs under the Medicare prescription drug benefit and Medicaid to be disclosed to additional entities. Specifically, certain subsidy and rebate information, as reported by prescription drug plan sponsors and drug manufacturers, may be disclosed to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission and the Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Payment and Access Commission, in accordance with specified confidentiality restrictions.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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