,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hjj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,february #ae1 #bjac 
,mr4 ,whitfield 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,gene
 ,green of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,nunes1 ,mr4    
,kind1 ,ms4 ,de,gette1 ,mr4 ,griffith of
 ,virginia1 ,ms4 ,sewell of ,alabama1   
,mr4 ,rogers of ,michigan1 ,mr4         
,cassidy1 ,mr4 ,braley of ,iowa1 ,mr4   
,sessions1 ,mrs4 ,blackburn1 ,mr4       
,shimkus1 ,mr4 ,walden1 ,mr4 ,himes1    
,mr4 ,guthrie1 ,mr4 ,hall1 ,mr4 ,tiberi1
 ,mr4 ,olson1 ,mr4 ,webster of ,florida1
 ,mr4 ,courtney1 ,mr4 ,holt1 ,mr4       
,thompson of ,mississippi1 ,ms4 ,linda  
,t4 ,snchez of ,california1 ,mrs4       
,capps1 ,mr4 ,bishop of ,new ,york1 ,mr4
 ,hastings of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,gingrey of
 ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,flores1 ,mr4 ,burgess1 
,mr4 ,clay1 and ,mr4 ,cohen7 introduced 
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,energy and        
,commerce1 and in addition to the       
,committee on ,ways and ,means1 for a   
period to be subsequently determined by 

the ,speaker1 in each case for          
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend part ,b of title ,,xviii of the   
,social ,security ,act to exclude       
customary prompt pay discounts from     
manufacturers to wholesalers from the   
average sales price for drugs and       
biologicals under ,medicare4  #a4       
,excluding customary prompt pay         
discounts from manufacturers to         
wholesalers from the average sales price
 for ,medicare payments for drugs and   
biologicals  7a7 ,in general ,section   
#ahdg;,a7c77#c7 of the ,social ,security
 ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #aciew-#c;a7c77#c77
 is amended--  7#a7 in the first        
sentence1 by inserting 7other than      
customary prompt pay discounts extended 
to wholesalers7 after prompt pay        
discounts2 and  7#b7 in the second      
sentence1 by inserting 7other than      
customary prompt pay discounts extended 
to wholesalers7 after other price       

concessions4  7b7 ,effective date ,the  
amendments made by this section shall   
apply to drugs and biologicals that are 
furnished on or after ,january #a1      
#bjad4