HR 1142 119th Congress House Health Advanced technology and technological innovations Medicare Prescription drugs

To amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish drug adherence guidelines, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 7, 2025 Introduced by: Schweikert, David Republican · Arizona See on congress.gov

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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Feb 7, 2025

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This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to establish drug adherence guidelines for covered drugs under Medicare so as to achieve an adherence rate of 90%. The CMS must incorporate artificial intelligence and machine-learning technologies and promote generics and biosimilars when developing the guidance.

What's happening now February 7, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1142: To amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish drug adherence guidelines, and for other purposes.. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1142/

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"H.R. 1142: To amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish drug adherence guidelines, and for other purposes.." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1142/.

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H.R. 1142, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1142/.

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[H.R. 1142: To amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish drug adherence guidelines, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1142/)