3.0.0 1589 2025-05-27T14:16:51Z 2025-05-27T14:16:51Z Senate S S 2023-05-11 118 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2023-05-11T19:36:51Z 2023-05-11 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2023-05-11 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000476 Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] Thomas Tillis R NC Roland N M000355 Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY] Mitch McConnell R KY 2023-05-11 True C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID 2023-05-11 True D000618 Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] Steve Daines R MT 2023-05-11 True B001243 Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] Marsha Blackburn R TN 2023-05-11 True L000575 Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] James Lankford R OK 2023-05-15 False Health Health 2023-06-01T00:30:19Z

00 2023-05-11 Introduced in Senate 2024-02-22T20:59:30Z <p><b>Safeguarding Patients and Taxpayers Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services (CMS) to annually report certain information on its use of funds to implement the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program. (The program requires the CMS to negotiate the prices of certain prescription drugs under Medicare beginning in 2026.)</p> <p>Specifically, the CMS must annually report (for as long as funds are available) on the amounts expended, the use of funds, and the projected and actual unused funds from amounts appropriated to implement the program. The CMS must also report on relevant contracts, efforts to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse, and other implementation activities and associated expenditures.</p> <p>The bill also explicitly restricts the CMS from using program funds for other programs or purposes.</p>

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