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      <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>&lt;pre&gt;[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 43 (Thursday, March 6, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [&lt;a href="https://www.gpo.gov"&gt;www.gpo.gov&lt;/a&gt;]By Mr. GARBARINO:H.R. 1922.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Art. 1, Sec. 8.[Page H1039]&lt;/pre&gt;</constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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          <text>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ensuring Access to Essential Drugs Act&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This bill exempts certain brand-name drugs from the Medicare Part D Manufacturer Discount Program. Under the program, drug manufacturers provide discounts to beneficiaries who have incurred costs above the annual deductible under the Medicare prescription drug benefit.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Specifically, the bill exempts from the program orally administered, brand-name drugs that are considered generics for purposes of the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program (per an exception granted by the Centers for Medicare &amp;amp; Medicaid Services).&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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        <title>To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to exempt certain drugs from the part D manufacturer discount program under the Medicare program.</title>
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      <text>Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.</text>
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