US Congress Senate Bill 1688 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 35-1)
Status: Introduced on August 1 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-08-01 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Empowering Medicare Seniors to Negotiate Drug Prices Act of 2017 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to allow the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to: (1) negotiate drug prices under the Medicare prescription drug benefit, and (2) institute a price structure for the reimbursement of drugs covered under the benefit.

Empowering Medicare Seniors to Negotiate Drug Prices Act of 2017

Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]
Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA]	Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]
Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]	Sen. Al Franken [D-MN]	Sen. Kamala Harris [D-CA]	Sen. Margaret Hassan [D-NH]
Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]	Sen. Tim Kaine [D-VA]	Sen. Angus King [I-ME]
Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]	Sen. Joe Manchin [D-WV]	Sen. Claire McCaskill [D-MO]	Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]
Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]	Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]	Sen. Bill Nelson [D-FL]	Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]	Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]	Sen. Tom Udall [D-NM]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]
Sen. Mark Warner [D-VA]	Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]	Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]	Sen. Jack Reed [D-RI]	Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto [D-NV]	Sen. Tina Smith [D-MN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-08-01	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

HB242 (Related) 2017-01-25 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
HB1775 (Related) 2017-04-05 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
HB1776 (Related) 2017-04-05 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
SB41 (Related) 2017-01-05 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
SB348 (Related) 2017-02-09 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
SB771 (Related) 2017-03-29 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
SB1511 (Related) 2017-06-29 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
SB2708 (Related) 2018-04-18 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2265-2266)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/1688/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s1688/BILLS-115s1688is.pdf