3.0.0 2683 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z Senate S S 2023-07-27 118 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2023-07-27T23:08:42Z 2023-07-27 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2023-07-27 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001217 Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] Rick Scott R FL N V000137 Sen. Vance, J. D. [R-OH] J. Vance R OH D. 2023-09-05 False B001310 Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] Mike Braun R IN 2023-09-05 False Health Health 2023-09-20T21:30:24Z

00 2023-07-27 Introduced in Senate 2024-12-09T22:26:23Z <p><strong>Accelerating Movement of Essential Rx Items to Create Access to National Drug Resources for US Government Services Act or the AMERICAN DRUGS Act</strong></p><p>This bill generally limits coverage of generic drugs under federal health care programs to those that are manufactured domestically.</p><p>Specifically, the bill prohibits coverage of generic drugs that are manufactured in foreign countries under Medicare, Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), TRICARE, and benefits provided by the Veterans' Administration. Coverage is permitted for foreign-made generic drugs if there are fewer than two other generic versions that are manufactured domestically or if the generic versions that are manufactured domestically are in shortage or soon to be discontinued. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) must notify appropriate agencies about brand-name drugs that have at least two generic versions that are manufactured domestically and those that do not.&nbsp;</p><p>The bill also allows the FDA to expedite the development and review of applications for generic versions of brand-name drugs that do not have at least two generic versions that are manufactured domestically.</p>

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