S 298
117th Congress
Senate
Health
Congressional oversight
Drug therapy
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Inflation and prices
Medicaid
Medicare
Prescription drugs
Pharmacy Benefit Manager Accountability Study Act of 2021
Introduced: February 8, 2021
Introduced by:
Blackburn, Marsha
Republican
· Tennessee
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 8, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Feb 8, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Pharmacy Benefit Manager Accountability Study Act of 2021
This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to report on the role of pharmacy benefit managers in the pharmaceutical supply chain and recommend legislative actions to lower the cost of prescription drugs. The report must address the use of rebates and fees, the average prior authorization approval time, and the use of step therapy within the 10 largest pharmacy benefit managers.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
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