3.0.0 3415 2023-01-11T13:19:58Z 2023-01-11T13:19:58Z Senate S S 2010-05-25 111 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2010-05-25T20:02:48Z Pharmaceutical Market Access and Drug Safety Act of 2009 111 1298 HR 2009-03-05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS Pharmaceutical Market Access and Drug Safety Act of 2009 111 525 S 2009-03-05 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2780-2781) Related bill CRS Pharmaceutical Market Access and Drug Safety Act of 2009 111 1232 S 2009-06-11 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 73. Related bill CRS Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2010 111 3413 S 2010-05-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS 2010-05-25 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2010-05-25 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4218-4219) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2010-05-25 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000061 Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] RUSSELL FEINGOLD D WI D. N Health Asia Australia Business records Canada Civil actions and liability Consumer affairs Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation Europe European Union Fraud offenses and financial crimes Government information and archives Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Inflation and prices Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Japan Licensing and registrations Medicare New Zealand Oceania Prescription drugs Retail and wholesale trades Switzerland Trade restrictions User charges and fees Health 00 2010-05-25 Introduced in Senate 2010-07-20T15:39:52Z Fair Pricing for Prescription Drugs Act - Pharmaceutical Market Access and Drug Safety Act of 2010 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) to revise provisions governing the importation of prescription drugs. Waives the limitation on importation of prescription drugs that have been exported from the United States.

Prohibits the importation of a qualifying drug unless such drug is imported by: (1) a registered importer; or (2) an individual for personal use.

Establishes registration conditions for importers and exporters. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to inspect places of business, verify chains of custody, inspect facilities, and determine compliance with registration conditions.

Sets forth provisions governing the importation of qualifying drugs that are different from U.S. label drugs, including standards for judging such differences.

Prohibits manufacturers from: (1) discriminating against registered exporters or importers; (2) causing there to be a difference in a prescription drug distributed in the United States and one distributed in a permitted country; (3) engaging in actions to restrict, prohibit, or delay the importation of a qualifying drug; or (4) engaging in any action that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) determines discriminates against a person that engages or attempts to engage in the importation of a qualifying drug.

States that the resale in the United States of prescription drugs that were properly sold abroad is not patent infringement.

Requires the Secretary to educate consumers regarding prescription drug importation.

Sets forth provisions governing the sale of prescription drugs through an Internet site. Includes the dispensing or selling of a prescription drug in violation of this Act as a prohibited act under FFDCA.

Prohibits the introduction of restricted transactions with unregistered foreign pharmacies into a payment system or the completion of such transactions using a payment system.

Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary to negotiate with pharmaceutical manufacturers the prices that may be charged to Medicare part D prescription drug plan (PDP) sponsors and MedicareAdvantage (MA) organizations for covered part D drugs for part D eligible individuals who are enrolled under a PDP or an MA-Prescription Drug plan.

]]> Fair Pricing for Prescription Drugs Act Display Title Fair Pricing for Prescription Drugs Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the importation of prescription drugs and to amend part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate covered part D drug prices on behalf of Medicare beneficiaries. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Fair Pricing for Prescription Drugs Act Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Pharmaceutical Market Access and Drug Safety Act of 2010 Introduced in Senate 2010-05-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s3415is/xml/BILLS-111s3415is.xml 2010-05-25 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.