Empowering Medicare Seniors to Negotiate Drug Prices Act of 2019

II 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 62 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate fair prescription drug prices under part D of the Medicare program. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JANUARY 9, 2019 Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. BENNET, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. BROWN, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. CARDIN, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Ms. HARRIS, Ms. HASSAN, Mr. HEINRICH, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. KAINE, Mr. KING, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. MANCHIN, Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. MURPHY, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. REED, Mr. SCHUMER, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Ms. SMITH, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. UDALL, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Ms. WARREN, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. WAR- NER, Mr. WYDEN, and Mr. PETERS) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate fair prescription drug prices under part D of the Medi- care program. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Empowering Medicare 4 Seniors to Negotiate Drug Prices Act of 2019’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:27 Jan 16, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S62.IS S62 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •S 62 IS SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO NEGOTIATE FAIR PRICES FOR MEDI- 1 CARE PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. 2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1860D–11 of the Social 3 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–111) is amended by strik- 4 ing subsection (i). 5 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 6 this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment 7 of this Act. 8 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:27 Jan 16, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S62.IS S62 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS