US Congress Senate Bill 1898 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-1)
Status: Introduced on May 27 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-05-27 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A bill to ensure medications are affordable.

Affordable Medications Act

Sen. Tina Smith [D-MN]	Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]
Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Jack Reed [D-RI]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Sen. Margaret Hassan [D-NH]
Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]	Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]	Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-05-27	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

HB2181 (Related) 2021-03-24 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
SB141 (Related) 2021-01-28 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
SB920 (Related) 2021-03-23 - Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security. Hearings held.
SB3339 (Related) 2021-12-08 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
HB6392 (Related) 2022-01-13 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
HB7828 (Related) 2022-05-18 - Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1898/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/117/bills/s1898/BILLS-117s1898is.pdf