United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 2071 (117th)
Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2021
Introduced
18 March 2021
Last action
19 March 2021 · Referred
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sponsors
Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT], Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2], Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14], Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7], Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8], Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ], Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25], Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1], Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1], Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-25], Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4], Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12], Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]
Subjects
Healthcare
Source updated
3 January 2025
Summary
Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2021 This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies regarding prices for drugs covered under the Medicare prescription drug benefit. Current law prohibits the CMS from doing so.
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Timeline
18 March 2021
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Source: Committee
18 March 2021
Introduced
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.
Source: IntroReferral
18 March 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
18 March 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
19 March 2021
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Source: Committee
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in House · 18 March 2021 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-25] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9] · D · Cosponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2071
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2071
- us · 117-hr-2071 · source updated 3 January 2025