United States · Bill · S
S. 41 (115th)
Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2017
Introduced
5 January 2017
Last action
5 January 2017 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sponsors
Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN], Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT], Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH], Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI], Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME], Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH], Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT], Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN], Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA], Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH], Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ], Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT], Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA], Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Subjects
Healthcare
Source updated
5 December 2025
Summary
Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2017 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require 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 CMS from doing so.
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Timeline
5 January 2017
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Source: IntroReferral
5 January 2017
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 5 January 2017 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] · I · Sponsor
- Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] · D · Cosponsor
- · ssfi00 · Standing
Related records
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/41
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/41
- us · 115-s-41 · source updated 5 December 2025