Empowering States to Address Drug Costs Act

II 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 2252 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to expand the permitted uses of drug price information disclosed to States under the Medicaid drug rebate program. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JULY 24, 2019 Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for himself and Mr. CARDIN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to expand the permitted uses of drug price information disclosed to States under the Medicaid drug rebate 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 States 4 to Address Drug Costs Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:57 Jul 27, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2252.IS S2252 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •S 2252 IS SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF PERMITTED USES OF DRUG PRICE 1 INFORMATION DISCLOSED TO STATES UNDER 2 MEDICAID DRUG REBATE PROGRAM. 3 Clause (iv) of section 1927(b)(3)(D) of the Social Se- 4 curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r–8(b)(3)(D)) is amended to 5 read as follows: 6 ‘‘(iv) to States— 7 ‘‘(I) to carry out this title, or 8 ‘‘(II) to review the information 9 provided (including average manufac- 10 turer price, best price, and rebate cal- 11 culation data) for the purposes of es- 12 tablishing and operating State all- 13 payer prescription drug rate setting 14 entities (drug affordability boards) or 15 State multi-payer purchasing pools,’’. 16 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:57 Jul 27, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S2252.IS S2252 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS