S. 657: A bill to amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to establish requirements with respect to prescription drug benefits.
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S. 657: A bill to amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to establish requirements with respect to prescription drug benefits.
116th Congress · introduced 2019-03-05 · Health · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2019-03-05 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: 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.
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Official title
A bill to amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to establish requirements with respect to prescription drug benefits.
Plain summary
This bill prohibits health insurers and contracted entities that provide pharmacy benefits management services from receiving a price reduction or other remuneration from prescription drug manufacturers. The prohibition does not apply if (1) the price reduction is reflected at the point-of-sale; and (2) the other remuneration is a transparent, flat service fee that the manufacturer pays in relation to pharmacy benefits management services.
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Official text
A bill to amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to establish requirements with respect to prescription drug benefits.
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] · 1 cosponsors
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Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116s657.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/s>
Record fed-us-cong116-s657 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116