US Congress House Bill 2248 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 28-2)
Status: Introduced on June 21 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-07-07 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2011 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to negotiate with pharmaceutical manufacturers the prices that may be charged to Medicare part D prescription drug plan (PDP) sponsors and MedicareAdvantage (MA) organizations for covered part D drugs for part D eligible individuals who are enrolled under a PDP or under an MA-Prescription Drug (MA-PD) plan.

Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2011

Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Timothy Bishop [D-NY]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]
Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]
Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Jo Emerson [R-MO]	Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]	Rep. Barney Frank [D-MA]
Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D-NY]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Jesse Jackson [D-IL]
Rep. Dale Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Michael Michaud [D-ME]
Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. William Owens [D-NY]	Rep. Todd Platts [R-PA]
Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. John Tierney [D-MA]	Rep. Peter Visclosky [D-IN]
Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D-CA]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-07-07	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2011-06-22	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2011-06-21	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2011-06-21	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2011-06-21	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.

SB44 (Same As) 2011-01-25 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
HB3638 (Related) 2012-02-09 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.
HB6392 (Related) 2012-09-14 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/2248/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr2248/BILLS-112hr2248ih.pdf