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HR 4472 117th Congress House Health Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation Health information and medical records Product development and innovation

BENEFIT Act of 2021

Introduced: March 11, 2022 Introduced by: Matsui, Doris O. Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Jul 19, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 16, 2021
Introduced in House
Jul 16, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Better Empowerment Now to Enhance Framework and Improve Treatments Act of 2021 or the BENEFIT Act of 2021

This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to consider relevant patient-focused drug development data, such as data from patient preference studies and patient-reported outcome data, in the risk-benefit assessment framework used in the process for approving new drugs.

After a new drug application has been approved, the FDA's public statement about how it used patient experience data shall include a description of how such data was considered in the risk-benefit assessment framework.

What's happening now July 19, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 373 Identical bill BENEFIT Act of 2021
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 16
All 16 Democratic 5 Republican 6
D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · May 27, 2022
 R
Kim, Young
California · Apr 27, 2022
 R
Norman, Ralph
South Carolina · Mar 17, 2022
 R
Cole, Tom
Oklahoma · Mar 16, 2022
 D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Mar 15, 2022
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 15, 2022
Fortenberry, Jeff
· Mar 11, 2022
Higgins, Brian
· Mar 11, 2022
 D
Soto, Darren
Florida · Mar 9, 2022
Wild, Susan
· Mar 8, 2022
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Mar 2, 2022
 R
Bacon, Don
Nebraska · Jan 20, 2022
Cárdenas, Tony
· Nov 4, 2021
 R
LaMalfa, Doug
California · Aug 13, 2021
 R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Jul 21, 2021
Wenstrup, Brad
· Jul 16, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4472: BENEFIT Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-4472/
MLA
"H.R. 4472: BENEFIT Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-4472/.
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H.R. 4472, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-4472/.
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