3.0.0 1356 2023-01-11T13:22:38Z 2023-01-11T13:22:38Z Senate S S 2011-07-13 112 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-07-13T18:57:28Z Affordable Medicines Utilization Act of 2011 112 3342 HR 2011-11-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2011-07-13 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2011-07-13 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001268 Sen. Brown, Scott P. [R-MA] Scott Brown R MA P. N W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2011-07-13 True M000303 Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] JOHN MCCAIN R AZ SIDNEY 2011-07-13 True S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2011-09-07 False Health Congressional oversight Medicaid Prescription drugs Health 00 2011-07-13 Introduced in Senate 2011-09-28T16:17:19Z Affordable Medicines Utilization Act of 2011 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act, with respect to FY2012-FY2014, to require an increase in the quarterly Medicaid payment to a state by 50% of the generic drug utilization savings amount if the state's generic substitution rate for the most recent preceding fiscal year for which data is available is greater than its rate for the most recent second preceding fiscal year for which data is available.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to determine the state's generic substitution rate for such fiscal years.

Defines "generic substitution rate" as the share of all drug units for which Medicaid payment is made to a state for the 20 most widely prescribed multiple source drugs under the state program that have a specific National Drug Code.

]]> Affordable Medicines Utilization Act of 2011 Display Title Affordable Medicines Utilization Act of 2011 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to encourage States to increase generic drug utilization under Medicaid, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Affordable Medicines Utilization Act of 2011 Introduced in Senate 2011-07-13T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s1356is/xml/BILLS-112s1356is.xml 2011-07-13 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.