3.0.0 1052 2023-01-11T13:36:30Z 2023-01-11T13:36:30Z Senate S 2017-05-04 115 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2017-08-11T20:09:55Z Referred to 2017-08-04T18:47:24Z sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Discharged from 2017-08-03T15:39:50Z Referred to 2017-05-04T18:58:59Z 2017-08-11 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2017-08-04 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2017-08-04 13:05:18 Received in the House. Floor H14000 2 House floor actions 2017-08-03 Senate Message on Senate action sent to the House. Floor 2017-08-03 Senate Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S4788) Floor 2017-08-03 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S4788) Floor 17000 9 Library of Congress 2017-08-03 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4787-4788) Discharge 2017-08-03 Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S4787-4788) Committee 14500 9 Library of Congress sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee 2017-05-04 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2017-05-04 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. N K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2017-05-04 True Health Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation Health information and medical records Product development and innovation Health 00 2017-05-04 Introduced in Senate 2018-01-17T21:30:25Z Better Empowerment Now to Enhance Framework and Improve Treatments Act of 2017 or the BENEFIT Act of 2017

This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to consider patient-focused drug development data, such as patient preferences, patient-reported outcomes, and patient experiences, as part of the risk-benefit assessment of new drugs. Following approval of a drug, the FDA must include a description of how this information was considered in its statement of patient experience.]]> 82 2017-08-03 Passed Senate without amendment 2017-09-25T17:13:57Z (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Better Empowerment Now to Enhance Framework and Improve Treatments Act of 2017 or the BENEFIT Act of 2017

(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to consider patient-focused drug development data, such as patient preferences, patient-reported outcomes, and patient experiences, as part of the risk-benefit assessment of new drugs. Following approval of a drug, the FDA must include a description of how this information was considered in its statement of patient experience.]]> BENEFIT Act of 2017 Display Title BENEFIT Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to strengthen the use of patient-experience data within the benefit-risk framework for approval of new drugs. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced BENEFIT Act of 2017 Short Titles as Introduced Better Empowerment Now to Enhance Framework and Improve Treatments Act of 2017 Short Titles as Passed Senate BENEFIT Act of 2017 S Senate Short Titles as Passed Senate Better Empowerment Now to Enhance Framework and Improve Treatments Act of 2017 S Senate Referred in House 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1052rfh/xml/BILLS-115s1052rfh.xml Engrossed in Senate 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1052es/xml/BILLS-115s1052es.xml Introduced in Senate 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1052is/xml/BILLS-115s1052is.xml 2017-08-11 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.