3.0.0 1655 2021-09-29T20:16:57Z 2021-09-29T20:16:57Z House H HR 2005-04-14 109 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2005-05-13T20:57:51Z Referred to 2005-04-14T14:02:20Z 2005-05-13 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2005-04-14 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2005-04-14 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2005-04-14 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M001149 Rep. Michaud, Michael H. [D-ME-2] Michael Michaud D ME H. 2 N A000357 Rep. Allen, Thomas H. [D-ME-1] THOMAS ALLEN D ME H. 1 2005-04-14 True B000420 Rep. Berry, Marion [D-AR-1] MARION BERRY D AR 1 2005-04-14 True B000944 Rep. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH-13] Sherrod Brown D OH 13 2005-04-14 True C001055 Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-2] Ed Case D HI 2 2005-04-14 True C001038 Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-7] JOSEPH CROWLEY D NY 7 2005-04-14 True D000216 Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] ROSA DELAURO D CT 3 2005-04-14 True F000339 Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4] BARNEY FRANK D MA 4 2005-04-14 True G000551 Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] Raúl Grijalva D AZ M. 7 2005-04-14 True H000627 Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22] MAURICE HINCHEY D NY D. 22 2005-04-14 True H000712 Rep. Holden, Tim [D-PA-17] TIM HOLDEN D PA 17 2005-04-14 True L000557 Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1] JOHN LARSON D CT B. 1 2005-04-14 True M000627 Rep. Meehan, Martin T. [D-MA-5] MARTIN MEEHAN D MA T. 5 2005-04-14 True M000404 Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7] JIM MCDERMOTT D WA 7 2005-04-14 True P000034 Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6] FRANK PALLONE D NJ 6 2005-04-14 True R000170 Rep. Reyes, Silvestre [D-TX-16] SILVESTRE REYES D TX 16 2005-04-14 True R000573 Rep. Ross, Mike [D-AR-4] MIKE ROSS D AR 4 2005-04-14 True S000033 Rep. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT-At Large] Bernard Sanders I VT 0 2005-04-14 True S000810 Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13] PETE STARK D CA 13 2005-04-14 True W000738 Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6] LYNN WOOLSEY D CA 6 2005-04-14 True W000784 Rep. Wynn, Albert Russell [D-MD-4] ALBERT WYNN D MD R. 4 2005-04-14 True M000590 Rep. McNulty, Michael R. [D-NY-21] MICHAEL MCNULTY D NY R. 21 2006-02-16 False Health Administrative fees Commerce Consumer discounts Disabled Drug advertising Drug industry Drugs Economics and Public Finance Federal-state relations Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Grants-in-aid Income tax Medicaid Pharmacies Prescription pricing Rebates Social Welfare Tax deductions Taxation Welfare eligibility Welfare recipients Health 00 2005-04-14 Introduced in House 2005-05-23T21:35:52Z America Rx Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish the America Rx program to provide U.S. residents who are not covered under any public or private program that provides substantial benefits towards the purchase of outpatient prescription drugs with access to discounted prices for such drugs.

Requires the Secretary to negotiate rebate agreements with drug manufacturers and deny tax deductions for advertising and marketing of drugs of manufacturers choosing not to participate in the program.

Provides for arrangements under the program: (1) for pharmacies to provide qualified residents prescription drugs at discounted prices in exchange for discount reimbursement by the Secretary and reasonable dispensing fees; and (2) for States to provide for program administration in return for payment of reasonable administrative expenses.

]]> America Rx Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced America Rx Act of 2005 Display Title America Rx Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced To establish an America Rx program to establish fairer pricing for prescription drugs for individuals without access to prescription drugs at discounted prices. Introduced in House 2005-04-14T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr1655ih/xml/BILLS-109hr1655ih.xml 2005-05-13 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.