[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3677 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3677

To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require that each 
  prescription drug sold at retail bear a label that states the full 
                       retail price of the drug.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 8, 2003

Ms. Hooley of Oregon introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require that each 
  prescription drug sold at retail bear a label that states the full 
                       retail price of the drug.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Prescription Drug Retail Price 
Disclosure Act''.

SEC. 2. FEDERAL FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT; REQUIREMENT OF LABEL 
              STATING FULL RETAIL PRICE OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.

    Section 502 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 
352) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(w) If it is a drug subject to section 503(b) and is sold at 
retail without bearing a label that states the full retail price for 
the drug, which price is the retail price that applies in the absence 
of--
            ``(1) any discount;
            ``(2) any payment for the drug under an insurance policy or 
        by an entity that provides health services on a pre-paid basis; 
        and
            ``(3) any payment for the drug under a Federal or State 
        health benefits program or a State compensation program.''.
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