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116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 8529
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to prohibit additional rebates
under the Medicaid program for certain noninnovator multiple source drugs.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 6, 2020
Mr. BUTTERFIELD (for himself, Mr. LONG, and Mr. CA´RDENAS) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and
Commerce
A BILL
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to prohibit
additional rebates under the Medicaid program for cer-
tain noninnovator multiple source drugs.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Access to
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Affordable Medicines Act of 2020’’.
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON ADDITIONAL REBATE UNDER
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MEDICAID
FOR
CERTAIN
NONINNOVATOR
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MULTIPLE SOURCE DRUGS.
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Section 1927(c)(3)(C) of the Social Security Act (42
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U.S.C. 1396r–8(c)(3)(C)) is amended—
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(1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘The amount’’ and
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inserting ‘‘Subject to clause (v), the amount’’; and
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(2) by adding at the end the following new
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clause:
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‘‘(v) PROHIBITION
ON
ADDITIONAL
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REBATE
FOR
CERTAIN
NONINNOVATOR
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MULTIPLE SOURCE DRUGS.—With respect
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to a rebate period beginning on or after
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January 1, 2021, and a dosage form and
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strength of a covered outpatient drug de-
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scribed in clause (i), the amount of the re-
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bate specified in subparagraph (A) for
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such dosage form and strength for such re-
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bate period may not be increased if the av-
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erage manufacturer price for a unit of
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such dosage form and strength for such re-
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bate period is less than $1.’’.
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