H.R. 5278: Community Pharmacy Preservation Act of 2004
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H.R. 5278: Community Pharmacy Preservation Act of 2004
108th Congress · introduced 2004-10-07 · Law · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2004-10-07 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
- If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.
Official title
Community Pharmacy Preservation Act of 2004
Plain summary
Community Pharmacy Preservation Act of 2004 - Provides that antitrust laws shall apply to negotiations between groups of independent pharmacies and health plans and health insurance issuers in the same manner as such laws apply to collective bargaining by labor organizations under the National Labor Relations Act. Prohibits any pharmaceutical drug manufacturer from having a controlling interest in an entity that is a pharmacy benefit manager. Requires pharmacy benefit managers to disclose all compensation from drug manufacturers. Prohibits pharmacy benefit managers from making certain drug interchanges: (1) to a drug with a greater cost; (2) without disclosure to the individual; or (3) from a drug with generic equivalents to a drug without generic equivalents, unless the latter is lower in cost than each of the generic equivalents of the drug from which the prescription would be changed. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to apply specified standards for community pharmacy access under the Medicare outpatient prescription drug program.
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Official text
Community Pharmacy Preservation Act of 2004
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9] · 2 cosponsors
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Jerry Moran (R-KS)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-108hr5278.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/108/hr>
Record fed-us-cong108-hr5278 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong108 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong108