US HB878 | 2017-2018 | 115th Congress

US Congress House Bill 878 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 86-3-1)
Status: Introduced on February 6 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-03-02 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Right to Try Act of 2017 This bill requires the federal government to allow unrestricted manufacturing, distribution, prescribing, and dispensing of experimental drugs, biological products, and medical devices that are: (1) intended to treat a patient who has been diagnosed with a terminal illness, and (2) authorized by state law. The federal government must allow unrestricted possession and use of such treatments by patients certified by a physician as having exhausted all other treatment options. A manufacturer, distributor, prescriber, dispenser, possessor, or user of such a treatment has no liability regarding the treatment. The outcome of manufacture, distribution, prescribing, dispensing, possession, or use of such a treatment may not be used by a federal agency to adversely impact review or approval of the treatment. The treatment must: (1) have successfully completed a phase 1 (initial, small scale) clinical trial; (2) remain under investigation in a clinical trial approved by the Food and Drug Administration; and (3) not be approved, licensed, or cleared for sale under the Federal Food, Drug, or Cosmetic Act or the Public Health Service Act.

Title

Right to Try Act of 2017

Sponsors

Rep. Andy Biggs [R-AZ]	Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Sen. Kevin Cramer [R-ND]	Rep. Glenn Grothman [R-WI]
Rep. Luke Messer [R-IN]	Rep. Robert Pittenger [R-NC]	Rep. Chris Stewart [R-UT]	Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]
Rep. Pete Olson [R-TX]	Rep. Trent Franks [R-AZ]	Rep. Doug Lamborn [R-CO]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]
Sen. Martha McSally [R-AZ]	Rep. Ted Yoho [R-FL]	Rep. Dana Rohrabacher [R-CA]	Rep. Jeff Duncan [R-SC]
Rep. Jason Lewis [R-MN]	Rep. Garland Barr [R-KY]	Rep. Jim Bridenstine [R-OK]	Rep. Louie Gohmert [R-TX]
Rep. Jim Banks [R-IN]	Rep. Lloyd Smucker [R-PA]	Rep. Dave Brat [R-VA]	Rep. James Sensenbrenner [R-WI]
Rep. David Schweikert [R-AZ]	Rep. Tom Marino [R-PA]	Rep. Todd Rokita [R-IN]	Rep. Darrell Issa [R-CA]
Rep. Morgan Griffith [R-VA]	Rep. Matt Gaetz [R-FL]	Rep. Jeb Hensarling [R-TX]	Rep. Don Bacon [R-NE]
Rep. Bill Posey [R-FL]	Rep. Ralph Abraham [R-LA]	Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]	Rep. Tom Graves [R-GA]
Rep. Scott Tipton [R-CO]	Rep. Jody Arrington [R-TX]	Rep. Luis Correa [D-CA]	Rep. John Faso [R-NY]
Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]	Rep. Vicky Hartzler [R-MO]	Rep. Barbara Comstock [R-VA]
Rep. Paul Gosar [R-AZ]	Rep. Mark Meadows [R-NC]	Rep. Mo Brooks [R-AL]	Rep. Keith Rothfus [R-PA]
Rep. Rick Allen [R-GA]	Rep. Andy Harris [R-MD]	Rep. Ralph Norman [R-SC]	Rep. Kevin Yoder [R-KS]
Rep. Doug LaMalfa [R-CA]	Rep. Steve Chabot [R-OH]	Rep. David Roe [R-TN]	Sen. Roger Marshall [R-KS]
Rep. Lou Barletta [R-PA]	Rep. French Hill [R-AR]	Sen. Ted Budd [R-NC]	Rep. Claudia Tenney [R-NY]
Rep. Raul Labrador [R-ID]	Rep. Jody Hice [R-GA]	Rep. Thomas Garrett [R-VA]	Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]
Rep. Tim Walberg [R-MI]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]	Rep. Randy Weber [R-TX]	Rep. Scott DesJarlais [R-TN]
Rep. Alexander Mooney [R-WV]	Rep. Clay Higgins [R-LA]	Rep. Mike Gallagher [R-WI]	Rep. Bob Gibbs [R-OH]
Rep. Mike Johnson [R-LA]	Rep. Rod Blum [R-IA]	Rep. Jim Jordan [R-OH]	Rep. Scott Perry [R-PA]
Rep. Mark Sanford [R-SC]	Rep. John Ratcliffe [R-TX]	Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer [R-MO]	Rep. Ken Buck [R-CO]
Rep. Bradley Byrne [R-AL]	Rep. Karen Handel [R-GA]	Rep. Mike Bost [R-IL]	Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]
Rep. James Comer [R-KY]	Rep. Vern Buchanan [R-FL]	Rep. Stevan Pearce [R-NM]	Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler [R-WA]
Rep. Diane Black [R-TN]	Rep. John Culberson [R-TX]

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-02	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
2017-03-02	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
2017-02-10	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2017-02-06	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
2017-02-06	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
2017-02-06	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
2017-02-06	House	Introduced in House

Same As/Similar To

HB2368 (Related) 2017-06-07 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
SB204 (Related) 2018-05-30 - Became Public Law No: 115-176.
HR905 (Similar To) 2018-05-22 - Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.