118th Congress · SENATE BILLBILL

S. 3934Increasing Access to Biosimilars Act of 2023

A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a demonstration project to increase access to biosimilar biological products under the Medicare program.

Health
Introduced Mar 14, 2024
Last action Mar 14, 2024
Pipeline · Bill → Law
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Introduced
Mar 14, 2024
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Referred
Mar 14, 2024
Finance
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Committee
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Senate
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House floor
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Resolve Changes
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Signed
SummaryCRS Summary

This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to establish a demonstration project to evaluate the benefits of providing additional payments to providers of biosimilars under Medicare. Specifically, under the demonstration project, participating providers receive an additional payment based on the difference between the costs to the provider of furnishing the biosimilar and the cost if the provider had furnished the underlying reference biological product instead.

Provisions · 3 sectionsIntroduced in Senate
Timeline · 2 actions
Mar 14, 2024
Introduced in Senate
Mar 14, 2024
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.