3.0.0 2137 2021-09-29T22:20:15Z 2023-01-14T18:58:47Z Senate S S 2004-02-26 108 Pharmaceutical Market Access Act of 2003 108 1781 S 2003-10-24 Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions by unanimous consent. Related bill CRS Related bill House Pharmaceutical Market Access Act of 2003 108 2427 HR 2003-07-25 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill House 2004-09-08 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8932-8933) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2004-02-27 Senate Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 436. Calendars 2004-02-26 Senate Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. Calendars 2004-02-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000432 Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] BYRON DORGAN D ND LESLIE N S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2004-02-26 True S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2004-02-26 True M000303 Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] JOHN MCCAIN R AZ SIDNEY 2004-02-26 True D000064 Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] THOMAS DASCHLE D SD ANDREW 2004-02-26 True Health Administrative procedure Business records Commerce Congress Congressional reporting requirements Consumer protection 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 Identification devices Import restrictions Imports Intellectual property Labeling Law Packaging Prescription pricing Product counterfeiting Product safety Science, Technology, Communications Sunset legislation Health 00 2004-02-26 Introduced in Senate 2004-05-21T14:23:03Z Pharmaceutical Market Access Act of 2003 (sic) - Amends the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate regulations allowing qualifying individuals to import covered products (in addition to pharmacists and wholesalers, whom current law authorizes to import such products).

Amends provisions pertaining to record keeping regarding imported covered products. States that the Secretary shall not have to store records in cases in which qualifying individuals have imported a covered product.

Amends provisions regarding the testing of imported covered products. Declares that specified tests, including ones involving authenticity and degradation of products, shall not be required unless the importer is a wholesaler. Requires such tests to be conducted by the importer unless a product is a prescription drug subject to the provisions of this Act pertaining to counterfeit-resistant packaging. (Currently either the importer or the manufacturer may conduct such tests).

Eliminates the sunset date current law establishes for the provisions pertaining to the importation of covered products.

Classifies prescription drugs as misbranded if they do not incorporate specified counterfeit-resistant technologies in packaging.

]]> Pharmaceutical Market Access Act of 2003 Short Titles as Introduced Pharmaceutical Market Access Act of 2003 Popular Titles Imports of Prescription Drugs bill 9 Library of Congress Display Title Pharmaceutical Market Access Act of 2003 Official Title as Introduced A bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate regulations for the reimportation of prescription drugs, and for other purposes. Placed on Calendar Senate 2004-02-27T05:00:00Z 2004-09-08 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8932-8933) 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.