[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6142 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6142

       To authorize a joint action plan and report on drug waste.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 19, 2018

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

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                                 A BILL


 
       To authorize a joint action plan and report on drug waste.

    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 ``Reducing Drug Waste Act of 2018''.

SEC. 2. JOINT ACTION PLAN AND REPORT ON DRUG WASTE.

    (a) Joint Action Plan.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
shall develop a joint action plan, in consultation with stakeholders 
such as health care providers and patient advocates (including relevant 
Federal advisory committees), that--
            (1) utilizes data from Medicare claims on how much of a 
        single-use drug was not administered, comparing single-use vial 
        sizes in other settings such as to other countries' health care 
        systems, and through analysis during the drug approval process 
        of alternative vial size safety and efficacy, to reduce drug 
        waste and better manage costs;
            (2) includes quantifiable metrics and specific timelines to 
        adopt different vial sizes in addition to those currently 
        approved and marketed in the United States in order to 
        significantly reduce the amount of drug discards, or waste, 
        from single-use vials; and
            (3) includes options for how to better manage costs, 
        including new technologies related to capture and storage, 
        while ensuring patient access.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit to 
Congress the joint action plan described in subsection (a) and a report 
containing options for any legislative action needed to reduce drug 
waste and better manage costs.
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