3.0.0 2409 2023-01-15T16:18:31Z 2023-01-15T16:18:31Z House H HR 2003-06-10 108 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2003-06-24T13:48:11Z Referred to 2003-06-10T14:26:30Z Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 108 1 HR 2003-12-08 Became Public Law No: 108-173. Related bill CRS Safety Net Hospital Pharmacy Access Act of 2003 108 1195 S 2003-06-05 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS 2003-06-24 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2003-06-10 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2003-06-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2003-06-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S000275 Rep. Shadegg, John B. [R-AZ-3] JOHN SHADEGG R AZ 3 N N000159 Rep. Norwood, Charles W. [R-GA-9] CHARLES NORWOOD R GA W. 9 2003-06-10 True M000133 Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7] Edward Markey D MA J. 7 2003-06-10 True T000326 Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10] EDOLPHUS TOWNS D NY 10 2003-06-10 True B000213 Rep. Barton, Joe [R-TX-6] JOE BARTON R TX L. 6 2003-06-17 False E000179 Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-17] ELIOT ENGEL D NY L. 17 2003-06-17 False M000316 Rep. McCarthy, Karen [D-MO-5] KAREN MCCARTHY D MO 5 2003-06-17 False D000602 Rep. Davis, Artur [D-AL-7] Artur Davis D AL 7 2003-07-07 False H.R. 1 https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/house-bill/1 Health Auditing Business records Commerce Drug industry Drugs Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Medicaid Prescription pricing Public hospitals Rebates Social Welfare Health 00 2003-06-10 Introduced in House 2003-10-23T13:48:11Z Safety Net Hospital Pharmacy Access Act of 2003 - States that the Constitutional authority upon which this Act rests is the power of the Congress to regulate commerce with foreign nations and among the several States.

Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to include inpatient prices charged to disproportionate share (DSH) hospitals in the best price exemptions for the Medicaid drug rebate program. (Thus allows certain high-volume DSH safety net providers to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies and receive the lowest price they can get for inpatient drugs. Currently such entities are only able to receive discounts on the prices of outpatient drugs because of a Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services interpretation of the best price exemption under the Medicaid drug rebate program).

Subjects such drugs purchased by high-volume DSH hospital safety net providers for inpatient use to specified auditing and recordkeeping requirements.

]]> Safety Net Hospital Pharmacy Access Act of 2003 Display Title Safety Net Hospital Pharmacy Access Act of 2003 Official Title as Introduced To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to clarify that inpatient drug prices charged to certain public hospitals are included in the best price exemptions for the Medicaid drug rebate program. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Safety Net Hospital Pharmacy Access Act of 2003 Introduced in House 2003-06-10T04:00:00Z 2003-06-24 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.