S. 62 — Introduced in Senate

II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 62 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 9, 2019Ms. Klobuchar (for herself, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Booker, Mr. Brown, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cortez Masto, Ms. Duckworth, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. Harris, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Heinrich, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Kaine, Mr. King, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Murphy, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Reed, Mr. Schumer, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Smith, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Udall, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Warren, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Warner, Mr. Wyden, and Mr. Peters) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate fair prescription drug prices under part D of the Medicare program. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Empowering Medicare Seniors to Negotiate Drug Prices Act of 2019. 2. Authority to negotiate fair prices for Medicare prescription drugs (a) In general Section 1860D–11 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–111) is amended by striking subsection (i). (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.