3.0.0 1906 2023-01-11T13:30:01Z 2023-01-11T13:30:01Z Senate S 2015-07-30 114 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-07-30T19:38:18Z Orphan Drug Fairness Act 114 3618 HR 2015-10-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2015-07-30 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2015-07-30 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ N C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID 2015-07-30 True Health Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation Drug therapy Income tax credits Prescription drugs User charges and fees Health 00 2015-07-30 Introduced in Senate 2015-08-18T16:36:24Z Orphan Drug Fairness Act

This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to exclude sales of any drug or biological product approved by the Food and Drug Administration solely for rare diseases or conditions (orphan drug) from the calculation of the annual fee on manufacturers or importers with branded prescription drug sales exceeding $5 million.

This Act is effective as if included in PPACA.

]]> Orphan Drug Fairness Act Display Title Orphan Drug Fairness Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to clarify the exclusion of orphan drug sales from the calculation of the annual fee on branded prescription pharmaceutical manufacturers and importers, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Orphan Drug Fairness Act Introduced in Senate 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1906is/xml/BILLS-114s1906is.xml 2015-07-30 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.