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H.R. 987: Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act

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H.R. 987: Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-02-06 · Health · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-02-06 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE-At Large] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 5 recorded votes in our records. Latest: House roll call 210 (2019): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR987 (2019-05-16), Failed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act

Plain summary

Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act This bill addresses prescription drugs and the health insurance market, including (1) revising processes related to federal approval of generic drugs; (2) providing funding for states to establish health insurances exchanges; (3) nullifying an agency rule related to short-term, limited duration coverage; and (4) expanding outreach activities.

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Official text

Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE-At Large] · 25 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 987, MORE Health Education Act (2019-04-29); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 987, Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act (2019-05-13)

Cosponsors on this site

Kathy Castor (D-FL), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Peter Welch (D-VT), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Ro Khanna (D-CA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE-At Large] reported raising $1.2 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

Recorded votes

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Rulemaking
The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr987 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116