HR 1600 · 114th Congress · Health

Patients' Access to Treatments Act of 2015

Introduced 2015-03-25· Sponsored by Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.(2015-03-27)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Patients' Access to Treatments Act of 2015 Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish cost-sharing limits for health plans that cover prescription drugs and use a formulary or other tiered cost-sharing structure. Prohibits such a health plan from imposing higher cost-sharing requirements, including co-payment and co-insurance, for specialty drugs than for other prescription drugs in a non-preferred brand drug tier. Applies the non-preferred brand drug tier for which beneficiary cost-sharing is lowest, if a formulary used by the health plan contains more than one non-preferred brand drug tier.…

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Cosponsors (20)

16 Democrats4 Republicans