H.R. 1173: Patients’ Right to Know Their Medication Act of 2023
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H.R. 1173: Patients’ Right to Know Their Medication Act of 2023
118th Congress · introduced 2023-02-24 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2023-02-24 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1] · 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.
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Official title
Patients’ Right to Know Their Medication Act of 2023
Plain summary
Patients' Right to Know Their Medication Act of 2023 This bill establishes requirements relating to the form, content, and distribution of patient safety labels for prescription drugs. Specifically, the Food and Drug Administration must issue regulations with requirements relating to the authorship, content, format, color, printing, and dissemination of such patient safety information. The regulations must require labels to include the drug's approved uses, known interactions with other drugs or substances, contact information for the drug's manufacturer, and other specified information relating to patient safety. The information must be in plain, neutral language and must be given in printed form with each prescription.
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Official text
Patients’ Right to Know Their Medication Act of 2023
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1] · 15 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
Jared F. Golden (D-ME), Bruce Westerman (R-AR), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI), Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL), Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA)
Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1] reported raising $7.3 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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- A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
- 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
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-118hr1173.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/118/hr>
Record fed-us-cong118-hr1173 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong118 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong118