118th Congress · HOUSE BILLBILL

H.R. 2666Medicaid VBPs for Patients Act

To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to codify value-based purchasing arrangements under the Medicaid program and reforms related to price reporting under such arrangements, and for other purposes.

Health
Introduced Apr 18, 2023
Last action Dec 19, 2024
Pipeline · Bill → Law
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Introduced
Apr 18, 2023
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Referred
Dec 17, 2024
E&C · Ways & Means
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Committee
May 24, 2023
Reported out
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House floor
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Senate
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Resolve Changes
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Signed
SummaryCRS Summary

This bill provides statutory authority for regulations that allow for the use of varying best price points under value-based purchasing arrangements for purposes of the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program. (Value-based purchasing arrangements refer to arrangements in which the price of a drug is linked to clinical outcomes; such arrangements are particularly used for new high-cost treatments, such as gene therapies.) The Government Accountability Office must study the impact of value-based purchasing arrangements on federal health care programs, including with respect to the bill's changes. Additionally, the bill (1) exempts sales of drugs that are made under value-based purchasing arrangements f...

Provisions · 6 sectionsReported to House
Timeline · 13 actions
Dec 19, 2024
Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
Dec 19, 2024
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 768.
Dec 17, 2024
Referred to the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare.
Nov 18, 2024
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 118-743, Part I.
Nov 18, 2024
House Committee on Ways and Means Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Dec. 19, 2024.
May 24, 2023
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
May 24, 2023
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 31 - 19.
May 17, 2023
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
May 17, 2023
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 16 - 11 .
May 15, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 18, 2023
Introduced in House
Apr 18, 2023
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Apr 18, 2023
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.