3.0.0 2814 2022-12-30T07:04:01Z 2022-12-30T07:04:01Z Senate S 2021-09-23 117 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-09-23T16:42:47Z 2021-09-23 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2021-09-23 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000393 Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA] John Kennedy R LA Neely N Health Health 00 2021-09-23 Introduced in Senate 2022-06-28T21:39:32Z Vital Medication Affordability Act

This bill establishes pricing for insulin and injectable epinephrine provided at federally qualified health centers (community-based health providers in underserved areas) that participate in the 340B drug pricing program.

Specifically, such centers must provide insulin and injectable epinephrine at or below the price paid by the center, plus a minimal administration fee, to patients with a household income that is not more than 350% of the federal poverty level and who either

  • have a health insurance plan with a cost-sharing requirement of more than 20% of the total amount charged for such drugs,
  • have a high unmet deductible under a health insurance plan, or
  • do not have a health insurance plan.
]]> Vital Medication Affordability Act Display Title Vital Medication Affordability Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for affordable access to insulin and epinephrine. Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Vital Medication Affordability Act Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s2814is/xml/BILLS-117s2814is.xml 2021-09-23 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.