HR 6179 · 116th Congress · Health

Increasing Access to Biosimilars Act of 2020

Introduced 2020-03-10· Sponsored by Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29]· House

Bill Progress

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Latest: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.(2020-03-10)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Increasing Access to Biosimilars Act of 2020 This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to establish a demonstration project to evaluate the benefits of providing additional payments to providers of biosimilars under Medicare. Specifically, under the demonstration project, participating providers receive an additional payment based on the difference between the costs to the provider of furnishing the biosimilar and the cost if the provider had furnished the underlying reference biological product instead.…

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Cosponsors (6)

2 Democrats4 Republicans