ORPHAN Cures Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 3131 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 3131 To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to expand and clarify the exclusion for orphan drugs under the Drug Price Negotiation Program. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES October 25, 2023 Mr. Barrasso (for himself and Mr. Carper) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to expand and clarify the exclusion for orphan drugs under the Drug Price Negotiation Program. 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 ``Optimizing Research Progress Hope And New Cures Act'' or the ``ORPHAN Cures Act''. SEC. 2. EXPANDING AND CLARIFYING THE EXCLUSION FOR ORPHAN DRUGS UNDER THE DRUG PRICE NEGOTIATION PROGRAM. Section 1192(e) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320f-1…