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H.R. 8139

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To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to remove direct sales of drugs near expiration during the COVID-19 emergency from the calculation of certain pricing metrics under the Medicaid program.
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Committee
Latest Action · September 1, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Congress
116th (2019–2021)
Introduced
September 1, 2020
Cosponsors (1)
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Surplus Utilization of Pharmaceutical Products Leveraged In Emergency Scenarios Act of 2020 or the SUPPLIES Act of 2020 This bill excludes certain short-dated drugs from rebate calculations under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program during the public health emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Specifically, the bill excludes from such calculations direct sales of drugs that (1) have a shelf life of one year or more and expire one year after the date of sale, or (2) have a shelf life of less than one year and expire after the same number of days as the shelf life following the date of sale.

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