HR 6202 · 102th Congress · Health
Medicaid and Department of Veterans Affairs Drug Rebate Amendments of 1992
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Introduced2
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EnactedLatest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.(1992-11-20)
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Medicaid and Department of Veterans Affairs Drug Rebate Amendments of 1992 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to exclude the prices charged for prescription drugs purchased by the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs, the Indian and Public Health Services, or certain federally-funded clinics and public or private nonprofit hospitals from the calculation of best price procurement for purposes of application of Medicaid rebate agreements. Requires an agreement between the Secretary of Health and Human Services and a covered drug manufacturer limiting the purchase price of drugs procured by covered entities (the federally-funded clinics and public or private nonprofit hospitals referred to above). Provides that if the Secretary does not establish a certain mechanism under the Public Health Service Act below: (1) each covered entity must inform the applicable State agency when it seeks reimbursement under Medicaid for covered drugs subject to an agreement (described below); and (2) such State agency must provide a means by which the entity must indicate on any claims form that the drug is subject to such agreement, and not submit to any manufacturer a claim…
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