118th Congress · HOUSE BILLBILL

H.R. 3093Affordable Pricing for Taxpayer-Funded Prescription Drugs Act of 2023

To require persons who undertake federally funded research and development of a biomedical product or service to enter into reasonable pricing agreements with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and for other purposes.

Health
Introduced May 5, 2023
Last action May 12, 2023
Pipeline · Bill → Law
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Introduced
May 5, 2023
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Referred
May 12, 2023
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Committee
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House floor
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Senate
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Resolve Changes
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SummaryCRS Summary

This bill requires companies that receive federal funding for research (or a license of the rights to a patent or regulatory test data) for a biomedical product or service to agree to set reasonable prices for the resulting biomedical product or service. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must determine a reasonable price based on a formula that ensures the U.S. price for the product or service is not more than the median price for the product or service in Canada and six other reference countries with, based on specified criteria, large economies and high incomes. Companies entering these agreements also must report to HHS certain financial information related to the biomed...

Provisions · 2 sectionsIntroduced in House
Timeline · 3 actions
May 12, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 5, 2023
Introduced in House
May 5, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.