H.R. bills (117th Congress)
117th CONGRESS
1st Session
To establish a fair price negotiation program, protect the Medicare program from excessive price increases, and establish an out-of-pocket maximum for Medicare part D enrollees, and for other purposes.
Mr. Pallone (for himself, Mr. Neal, and Mr. Scott of Virginia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, Oversight and Reform, and Veterans' Affairs, 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
To establish a fair price negotiation program, protect the Medicare program from excessive price increases, and establish an out-of-pocket maximum for Medicare part D enrollees, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.—This Act may be cited as the “Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act”.
(b) Table Of Contents.—The table of contents is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. TITLE I − LOWERING PRICES THROUGH FAIR DRUG PRICE NEGOTIATION TITLE II − PRESCRIPTION DRUG INFLATION REBATES TITLE III − PART D IMPROVEMENTS AND MAXIMUM OUT-OF-POCKET CAP FOR MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES TITLE IV − DRUG PRICE TRANSPARENCY TITLE V − NIH, FDA, AND OVERDOSE EPIDEMIC FUNDING Subtitle A — Biomedical Innovation Expansion Subtitle B — Investing In Safety And Innovation Subtitle C — Overdose Epidemic Response