MAPS Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6992 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6992 To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a list of essential medicines, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 12, 2024 Ms. Matsui (for herself and Mr. Bucshon) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a list of essential medicines, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Mapping America's Pharmaceutical Supply Act'' or the ``MAPS Act''. SEC. 2. ESSENTIAL MEDICINES LIST UPDATE. (a) In General.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services (in this section referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall establish and maintain a list of essential medicines. (b) Criteri…