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HR 2815 117th Congress House Health Health care costs and insurance Medicare Prescription drugs Product development and innovation

BIOSIM Act

Introduced: April 22, 2021 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 23, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 22, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Apr 22, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 22, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Apr 22, 2021
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Bolstering Innovative Options to Save Immediately on Medicines Act or the BIOSIM Act

This bill increases Medicare payments for biosimilars for five years. The bill applies to biosimilars for which the average sales price or wholesale acquisition cost is less than that of the reference biological product, as specified.

What's happening now April 23, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 7497 Related bill Make Medicine Affordable Act
  • HR 5376 Related bill An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 14.
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1
D
Schrier, Kim
Washington · Jul 22, 2021
Butterfield, G. K.
· Jun 29, 2021
Kinzinger, Adam
· Apr 22, 2021
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2815: BIOSIM Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-2815/
MLA
"H.R. 2815: BIOSIM Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-2815/.
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H.R. 2815, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-2815/.
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[H.R. 2815: BIOSIM Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-2815/)
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