US Congress House Bill 1775 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on March 29 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-04-05 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prescription Reduction in Costs for Everyone (PRICE) Act of 2017 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the President, with respect to offering one or more Medicare-operated prescription drug plan options, to: (1) negotiate prices with drug manufacturers, and (2) establish and apply a formulary and formulary incentives. In general, a Medicare-operated drug plan must meet the same requirements as apply to other prescription drug plans. The President must report to Congress biannually on negotiations conducted by the President to achieve lower prices for Medicare beneficiaries.

Prescription Reduction in Costs for Everyone (PRICE) Act of 2017

Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]

Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]

Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-04-05	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2017-03-31	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2017-03-29	House	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.
2017-03-29	House	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.
2017-03-29	House	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.
2017-03-29	House	Introduced in House

SB1688 (Related) 2017-08-01 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
HB6575 (Related) 2018-07-27 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1775/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr1775/BILLS-115hr1775ih.pdf