3.0.0 51 2023-01-15T21:34:06Z 2023-01-15T21:34:06Z Senate S S 2003-01-07 108 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2003-01-07T21:23:25Z 2003-01-07 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2003-01-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD N Health Armed Forces and National Security Congress Crime and Law Enforcement Drug approvals Drugs Economics and Public Finance Employee health benefits Federal employees Generic drugs Government Operations and Politics Government employees' health insurance Government paperwork Indian medical care Legislation Managed care Medicaid Medicare Military medicine Minorities Prescription pricing Prisoners Social Welfare Veterans' medical care Health 00 2003-01-07 Introduced in Senate 2006-11-28T17:35:40Z Makes similar changes under the Federal Employee Health Benefits program, Medicare program, Medicaid program, and programs affecting Indians, veterans, the uniformed services, and prisoners.

Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require that for each drug application filed there shall be a determination as to whether there is a therapeutic equivalent for such drug.]]>

Generic Pharmaceutical Access and Choice for Consumers Act of 2003 Display Title Generic Pharmaceutical Access and Choice for Consumers Act of 2003 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide access and choice for use of generic drugs instead of nongeneric drugs under Federal health care programs, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Generic Pharmaceutical Access and Choice for Consumers Act of 2003 Introduced in Senate 2003-01-07T05:00:00Z 2003-01-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 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.