3.0.0 4512 2023-01-15T04:49:11Z 2023-01-15T04:49:11Z House H HR 2004-06-03 108 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2004-06-18T21:24:55Z Referred to 2004-06-03T14:00:45Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm02 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2004-06-10T20:49:22Z Referred to 2004-06-03T14:00:50Z 2004-06-18 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2004-06-10 hswm02 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2004-06-03 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2004-06-03 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. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2004-06-03 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2004-06-03 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2004-06-03 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress W000793 Rep. Wu, David [D-OR-1] DAVID WU D OR 1 N Health Administrative procedure Business records Commerce Congress Congressional reporting requirements Consumer protection Cost control Crime and Law Enforcement Data banks Department of Health and Human Services Drug industry Drugs Foreign Trade and International Finance Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Governmental investigations Health insurance Health maintenance organizations Identification devices Import restrictions Imports Intellectual property Labeling Law Medical economics Medicare Packaging Prescription pricing Product counterfeiting Product safety Quality of care Retiree health benefits Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare Sunset legislation Health 00 2004-06-03 Introduced in House 2005-04-27T21:05:37Z Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to repeal provisions prohibiting the Secretary of Health and Human Services from interfering with the negotiations between drug manufacturers and pharmacies and prescription drug plan sponsors. Grants the Secretary authority similar to that of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Secretary of Defense, and the heads of other Federal agencies and departments that purchase prescription drugs in bulk to negotiate contracts with manufacturers of covered Medicare part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) drugs.

Eliminates the initial coverage limit on the maximum costs that may be recognized for payment purposes (including the annual deductible) with respect to prescription drug benefits.

Pharmaceutical Market Access Act of 2004 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act to: (1) repeal certain sections of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 relating to importation of prescription drugs from Canada. and (2) restore previous law. Amends such restored law to direct the Secretary to promulgate regulations allowing qualifying individuals (in addition to pharmacists and wholesalers) to import covered products.

Repeals the mandate that the Secretary require that a foreign seller specify the original source of the product and the amount of each lot of the product originally received.

Amends provisions regarding the testing of imported covered products. Declares that specified tests shall not be required unless the importer is a wholesaler. Requires such tests to be conducted by the importer-wholesaler unless a product is a prescription drug subject to the provisions of this Act pertaining to counterfeit-resistant packaging.

Classifies prescription drugs as misbranded if they do not incorporate specified counterfeit-resistant technologies in packaging. Directs the Secretary to require that the packaging of any subject drug incorporate specified overt optically variable counterfeit-resistant technologies.

]]> Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement Act Display Title Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement Act Official Title as Introduced To amend part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate for lower prices for Medicare prescription drugs and to eliminate the gap in coverage of Medicare prescription drug benefits, to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate regulations for the reimportation of prescription drugs, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement Act Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Pharmaceutical Market Access Act of 2004 Introduced in House 2004-06-03T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-108hr4512ih/xml/BILLS-108hr4512ih.xml 2004-06-18 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.