3.0.0 3166 2022-02-09T03:26:31Z 2022-02-09T08:28:52Z Senate S 2020-01-08 116 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-01-08T23:40:20Z 2020-01-08 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2020-01-08 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ N S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2020-01-08 True H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. 2020-01-08 True Health Advisory bodies Business records Congressional oversight Corporate finance and management Department of Health and Human Services Executive agency funding and structure Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Health programs administration and funding Inflation and prices Intellectual property Manufacturing Prescription drugs Retail and wholesale trades Health 00 2020-01-08 Introduced in Senate 2021-09-13T19:06:15Z Prescription Drug Affordability and Access Act

This bill addresses prescription drug costs and access. For example, the bill (1) establishes within the Department of Health and Human Services the Bureau of Prescription Drug Affordability and Access to review the wholesale acquisition costs of prescription drugs, and (2) authorizes the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to negotiate Medicare drug prices.

]]> Prescription Drug Affordability and Access Act Display Title Prescription Drug Affordability and Access Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Prescription Drug Affordability and Access Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to lower the cost of drugs for all Americans. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3166is/xml/BILLS-116s3166is.xml 2020-01-08 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.