3.0.0 3129 2022-10-28T01:46:12Z 2022-10-28T01:46:12Z Senate S 2019-12-19 116 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-12-19T20:08:31Z Payment Commission Data Act of 2019 116 1264 HR 2019-02-15 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS Payment Commission Data Act of 2019 116 1781 HR 2019-10-29 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS Restoring Access to Medication Act of 2019 116 1922 HR 2020-12-18 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 559. Related bill CRS To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the 7.5 percent adjusted gross income floor for the medical expense deduction. 116 2073 HR 2019-04-03 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Related bill CRS Drug Price Transparency Act 116 2087 HR 2019-05-21 Subcommittee Hearings Held. Related bill CRS Public Disclosure of Drug Discounts and Real-Time Beneficiary Drug Cost Act 116 2115 HR 2019-10-29 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS Fixing Global Freeloading Act 116 2209 HR 2019-04-10 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. Related bill CRS Improving Low-Income Access to Prescription Drugs Act of 2019 116 3029 HR 2019-06-04 Subcommittee Hearings Held. Related bill CRS Shop Rx Act of 2019 116 3408 HR 2019-06-24 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS Real-Time Beneficiary Drug Cost Bill 116 3415 HR 2019-06-24 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS Capping Drug Costs for Seniors Act of 2019 116 4649 HR 2019-10-30 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8607) Related bill CRS A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to provide the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission and the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission with access to certain drug payment information, including certain rebate information. 116 801 S 2019-03-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS Medicare Prescription Drug Fraud Prevention Act of 2019 116 1505 S 2019-05-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS Improving Low Income Access to Prescription Drugs Act of 2019 116 1999 S 2019-06-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS Strengthening Average Sales Price Reporting Act of 2019 116 2051 S 2019-06-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS Seniors Prescription Drug Relief Act of 2019 116 2911 S 2019-11-20 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS Encouraging Innovative Benefit Design to Lower Costs for Seniors Act 116 3013 S 2019-12-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS Securing America’s Medical Supply Chain and Advancing the Production of Life Saving Medicines Act 116 3942 S 2020-06-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS Lowering Drug Costs for Seniors Act of 2020 116 7877 HR 2020-07-30 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS Lower Costs, More Cures Act of 2019 116 19 HR 2019-12-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law. Related bill CRS 2019-12-19 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2019-12-19 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID N E000285 Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] MICHAEL ENZI R WY B. 2019-12-19 True B001135 Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] Richard Burr R NC Mauze 2019-12-19 True B001261 Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] John Barrasso R WY 2019-12-19 True T000476 Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] Thomas Tillis R NC Roland 2019-12-19 True R000584 Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] James Risch R ID E. 2019-12-19 True E000295 Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] Joni Ernst R IA 2020-02-11 False P000612 Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA] David Perdue R GA Alfred 2020-03-02 False S001184 Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC] Tim Scott R SC 2020-03-16 False D000618 Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] Steve Daines R MT 2020-07-02 False Health Administrative law and regulatory procedures Advisory bodies Business records Civil actions and liability Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits Congressional oversight Consumer affairs Executive agency funding and structure Federal officials Fraud offenses and financial crimes Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government information and archives Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Health information and medical records Health personnel Health programs administration and funding Health technology, devices, supplies Income tax deductions Income tax exclusion Inflation and prices Insurance industry and regulation Medicaid Medicare Office of the U.S. Trade Representative Poverty and welfare assistance Prescription drugs Retail and wholesale trades Taxation Trade agreements and negotiations Women's health Health 00 2019-12-19 Introduced in Senate 2021-01-19T14:29:38Z Lower Costs, More Cures Act of 2019

This bill establishes and modifies several requirements to address prescription drug prices under Medicare.

The bill generally

  • limits payment amounts for drugs and biologics under Medicare medical services,
  • reduces cost-sharing under the Medicare prescription drug benefit, and
  • establishes several reporting requirements for drug manufacturers with respect to drug prices.
]]> Lower Costs, More Cures Act of 2019 Display Title Lower Costs, More Cures Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced Lower Costs, More Cures Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for certain reforms with respect to the Medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3129is/xml/BILLS-116s3129is.xml 2019-12-19 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.