Senate Bill 3384
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Lowering Prescription Drug Prices for America’s Seniors and Families Act of 2020
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Mar 3, 2020
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
3384
Congress
116
Policy Area
Health
Health
Primary focus of measure is science or practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease; health services administration and funding, including such programs as Medicare and Medicaid; health personnel and medical education; drug use and safety; health care coverage and insurance; health facilities. Measures concerning controlled substances and drug trafficking may fall under Crime and Law Enforcement policy area.
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
Lowering Prescription Drug Prices for America's Seniors and Families Act of 2020
This bill makes a series of changes to requirements relating to prescription drug prices. Among other changes, the bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to negotiate the prices of certain covered drugs under the Medicare prescription drug benefit, allows individuals to import certain drugs from Canada to fill personal prescriptions, and establishes specific enforcement actions against patent infringement agreements that involve generic drug manufacturers and have anticompetitive effects.
March 3, 2020
03/03/2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
03/03/2020
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Feb 8, 2022 11:23:00 PM