Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Prescription drugs

Bill Introduced: S.959 Pharmaceutical Compounding Quality and Accountability Act

2013-05-14T20:00:00Z

A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to compounding drugs.

Bill Introduced: S.957 Drug Supply Chain Security Act

2013-05-14T20:00:00Z

A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the pharmaceutical distribution supply chain.

Bill Introduced: S.914 A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit direct payment to pharmacies for certain compounded drugs that are prepared by the pharmacies for a specific beneficiary for use through an implanted infusion pump.

2013-05-08T20:00:00Z

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit direct payment to pharmacies for certain compounded drugs that are prepared by the pharmacies for a specific beneficiary for use through an implanted infusion pump.

Bill Introduced: S.867 Medicare Prescription Drug Program Integrity and Transparency Act of 2013

2013-05-05T20:00:00Z

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for pharmacy benefits manager standards under the Medicare prescription drug program, to establish basic audit standards of pharmacies, to further transparency of payment methodology to pharmacies, and to provide for recoupment returns to Medicare.

Bill Introduced: S.806 A bill to amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to exclude customary prompt pay discounts from manufacturers to wholesalers from the average sales price for drugs and biologicals under Medicare.

2013-04-23T20:00:00Z

A bill to amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to exclude customary prompt pay discounts from manufacturers to wholesalers from the average sales price for drugs and biologicals under Medicare.

Bill Introduced: S.778 Veterans ID Card

2013-04-22T20:00:00Z

A bill to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to issue cards to veterans that identify them as veterans, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1608 Cody Miller Initiative for Safer Prescriptions Act

2013-04-16T20:00:00Z

To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate regulations regarding the authorship, content, format, and dissemination of Patient Medication Information to ensure patients receive consistent and high-quality information about their prescription medications and are aware of the potential risks and benefits of prescription medications.

Bill Introduced: S.752 Cody Miller Initiative for Safer Prescriptions Act

2013-04-16T20:00:00Z

A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate regulations regarding the authorship, content, format and dissemination of Patient Medication Information to ensure patients receive consistent and high-quality information about their prescription medications and are aware of the potential risks and benefits of prescription medications.

Bill Introduced: S.740 Medicare Drug Savings Act of 2013

2013-04-15T20:00:00Z

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require drug manufacturers to provide drug rebates for drugs dispensed to low-income individuals under the Medicare prescription drug benefit program.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1588 Medicare Drug Savings Act of 2013

2013-04-15T20:00:00Z

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require drug manufacturers to provide drug rebates for drugs dispensed to low-income individuals under the Medicare prescription drug benefit program.

Bill Introduced: H.Res.161 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Food and Drug Administration should encourage the use of abuse-deterrent formulations of drugs.

2013-04-14T20:00:00Z

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Food and Drug Administration should encourage the use of abuse-deterrent formulations of drugs.

Bill Introduced: S.Res.97 A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Food and Drug Administration should encourage the use of abuse-deterrent formulations of drugs.

2013-04-14T20:00:00Z

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Food and Drug Administration should encourage the use of abuse-deterrent formulations of drugs.

Bill Introduced: S.672 Medicare Safe Needle Disposal Coverage Act of 2013

2013-04-08T20:00:00Z

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage, as supplies associated with the injection of insulin, of containment, removal, decontamination and disposal of home-generated needles, syringes, and other sharps through a sharps container, decontamination/destruction device, or sharps-by-mail program or similar program under part D of the Medicare program.

Bill Introduced: S.689 Achievement Through Prevention Act

2013-04-08T20:00:00Z

A bill to reauthorize and improve programs related to mental health and substance use disorders.

Bill Introduced: S.644 Preventing Abuse of Cough Treatments Act of 2013

2013-03-20T20:00:00Z

A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prevent the abuse of dextromethorphan, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1331 Electronic Health Records Improvement Act

2013-03-20T20:00:00Z

To amend certain requirements and penalties implemented under the Medicare and Medicaid programs by the HITECH Act of 2009, which would otherwise impede eligible professionals from adopting electronic health records to improve patient care.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1367 FEHBP Prescription Drug Integrity, Transparency, and Cost Savings Act

2013-03-20T20:00:00Z

To amend chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, to ensure program integrity, transparency, and cost savings in the pricing and contracting of prescription drug benefits under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1366 Stop Oxy Abuse Act of 2013

2013-03-20T20:00:00Z

To direct the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to modify the approval of any drug containing controlled-release oxycodone hydrochloride to limit such approval to use for the relief of severe-only instead of moderate-to-severe pain, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1285 To amend the Controlled Substances Act to make any substance containing hydrocodone a schedule II drug.

2013-03-19T20:00:00Z

To amend the Controlled Substances Act to make any substance containing hydrocodone a schedule II drug.

Bill Introduced: S.621 Safe Prescribing Act of 2013

2013-03-19T20:00:00Z

A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to make any substance containing hydrocodone a schedule II drug.