3.0.0 366 2022-11-01T15:32:52Z 2022-11-01T15:32:52Z Senate S 2019-02-06 116 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-02-06T23:12:59Z FLAT Prices Act 116 1188 HR 2019-02-14 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2019-02-06 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S921-922) IntroReferral 2019-02-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. N H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. 2019-02-06 True S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2019-02-06 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2019-02-06 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2019-02-06 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2019-02-07 False P000595 Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] Gary Peters D MI 2019-09-25 False Health Business records Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation Government information and archives Health care costs and insurance Inflation and prices Licensing and registrations Prescription drugs Health 00 2019-02-06 Introduced in Senate 2021-09-10T18:33:22Z Forcing Limits on Abusive and Tumultuous Prices or the FLAT Prices Act

This bill directs the Food and Drug Administration to reduce the market exclusivity of an approved prescription drug if the drug manufacturer increases the drug's price by more than a specified percentage. This reduction may be waived under specified circumstances.

]]> FLAT Prices Act Display Title FLAT Prices Act Short Title(s) as Introduced FLAT Prices Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Forcing Limits on Abusive and Tumultuous Prices Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to shorten monopoly periods for prescription drugs that are the subjects of sudden price hikes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s366is/xml/BILLS-116s366is.xml 2019-02-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S921-922) 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.