[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5748 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5748

To extend the requirement that drug manufacturers that increase prices 
   faster than inflation pay an additional rebate to State Medicaid 
          programs to include manufacturers of generic drugs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 20, 2014

 Mr. Cummings introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To extend the requirement that drug manufacturers that increase prices 
   faster than inflation pay an additional rebate to State Medicaid 
          programs to include manufacturers of generic drugs.

    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 ``The Medicaid Generic Drug Price 
Fairness Act of 2014''.

SEC. 2. APPLYING THE MEDICAID ADDITIONAL REBATE REQUIREMENT TO 
              MANUFACTURERS OF GENERIC DRUGS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1927(c)(3)(A) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1396r-8(c)(3)(A)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (ii), by striking the period and inserting 
        ``,''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following flush text: ``and 
        shall be increased by an amount determined in the same manner 
        as the increase in the amount of a rebate for a single source 
        drug or an innovator multiple source drug is determined under 
        paragraph (2).''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to rebate periods beginning on or after the date of enactment of 
this Act.
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