US Congress House Bill 6392 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3)
Status: Introduced on September 13 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-09-14 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Negotiating for Seniors Act - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to repeal the prohibition against: (1) interference by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) with the negotiations between drug manufacturers and pharmacies and prescription drug plan sponsors, and (2) the Secretary's requiring a particular formulary or instituting a price structure for the reimbursement of covered Medicare part D drugs.

Negotiating for Seniors Act

Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]

Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]

Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-09-14	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2012-09-13	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2012-09-13	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2012-09-13	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.

HB2248 (Related) 2011-07-07 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
HB3638 (Related) 2012-02-09 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.
SB44 (Related) 2011-01-25 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/6392/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr6392/BILLS-112hr6392ih.pdf