US Congress House Bill 744 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on February 4 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-02-06 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Medical Innovation Act of 2015 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require certain drug manufacturers to make payments to fund research supported by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). A drug manufacturer with over $1 billion in net income in a fiscal year that has entered into a settlement agreement in the previous five years with a federal agency regarding specified violations must pay 1% of its net income to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for each of its covered blockbuster drugs. A covered blockbuster drug is a drug that has at least $1 billion in net sales in a year and was developed, in whole or in part, through federal investments in medical research, including a drug for which a patent contains information that relates to, or is based upon, federally-funded research. Each fiscal year, HHS must publish a list of manufacturers that make payments, each manufacturer's covered blockbuster drugs, and payment amounts. Payments are divided between the FDA and the NIH in proportion to the discretionary funding of those agencies, excluding FDA user fees. Payments are not disbursed if appropriations for the FDA or the NIH are lower than in the prior fiscal year. The FDA's priority use for payments must include advancing regulatory science for medical products. The NIH's priority use for payments must include supporting: (1) research that fosters radical innovation, (2) research that advances fundamental knowledge, (3) research related to diseases that disproportionately account for federal health care spending, and (4) early career scientists. A covered blockbuster drug for which a manufacturer has not made a required payment is considered misbranded and cannot be sold until payment is made.

Medical Innovation Act of 2015

Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]
Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-06	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-02-04	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2015-02-04	House	Introduced in House

SB320 (Same As) 2015-01-29 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S657-658)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/744/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr744/BILLS-114hr744ih.pdf