3.0.0 3680 2023-01-11T13:40:54Z 2023-01-11T13:40:54Z Senate S 2018-11-29 115 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-11-29T16:35:07Z 2018-11-29 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2018-11-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR N Health Health 00 2018-11-29 Introduced in Senate 2019-07-19T21:23:08Z Low Drug Prices Act

This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to establish maximum prices for prescription drugs that are covered under specified federal programs (e.g., Medicare) based on drug prices in listed reference countries.

]]> Low Drug Prices Act Display Title Low Drug Prices Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish reference prices for prescription drugs for purposes of Federal health programs. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Low Drug Prices Act Introduced in Senate 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s3680is/xml/BILLS-115s3680is.xml 2018-11-29 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.