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<item congress="116" measure-type="hr" measure-number="2069" measure-id="id116hr2069" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2019-04-03" update-date="2020-05-28">
<title>SPIKE Act</title>
<summary summary-id="id116hr2069v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2020-05-28">
<action-date>2019-04-03</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Stopping the Pharmaceutical Industry from Keeping drugs Expensive Act or the SPIKE Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services (CMS) to determine at least annually whether certain covered drugs under Medicare were subject to a price increase that exceeded specified thresholds. Drug manufacturers must submit justifications for such price increases to the CMS, subject to civil penalties. The bill's requirements do not apply to low-cost drugs, as identified by the CMS.</p>]]></summary-text>
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<dc:contributor>Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress</dc:contributor>
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