[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4121 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4121

  To codify a final rule issued by the Secretary of Health and Human 
  Services relating to fraud and abuse and the removal of safe harbor 
      protection for certain drug rebates, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 24, 2021

Mr. Arrington introduced the following bill; which was 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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To codify a final rule issued by the Secretary of Health and Human 
  Services relating to fraud and abuse and the removal of safe harbor 
      protection for certain drug rebates, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Anti-Kickbacks, Protecting Rebates 
for Our Seniors Act'' or the ``PRO Seniors Act''.

SEC. 2. CODIFICATION OF HHS FINAL RULE RELATING TO FRAUD AND ABUSE AND 
              REMOVAL OF CERTAIN DRUG REBATE SAFE HARBOR PROTECTIONS.

    The final rule entitled ``Fraud and Abuse; Removal of Safe Harbor 
Protection for Rebates Involving Prescription Pharmaceuticals and 
Creation of New Safe Harbor Protection for Certain Point-of-Sale 
Reductions in Price on Prescription Pharmaceuticals and Certain 
Pharmacy Benefit Manager Service Fees'', as published by the Department 
of Health and Human Services in the Federal Register on November 30, 
2020 (85 Fed. Reg. 76666), shall have the force and effect of law 
beginning on January 1, 2022.
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