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American Society of Health-System Pharmacists

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  • Issues related to drug pricing, drug shortages, drug importation plans, and the drug supply chain, including support for the following bills: Mapping Americas Pharmaceutical Supply (MAPS) Act (H.R. 6992), and the Pediatric Cancer Drug Supply Act of 2024 (H.R. 6963). Issues related to COVID-19 response and post-public health emergency recommendations, including telehealth and pharmacist provision of testing and vaccination (generally, no specific legislation). Issues related to combatting opioid addiction, including support for the following bills: the Fentanyl Safe Testing and Overdose Prevention Act (S. 2569) and the Test Strip Access Act of 2023 (H.R. 4106). Patient access to pharmacist provided vaccinations for COVID/flu/pediatric illnesses, COVID-19 testing, emergency HIV prophylaxis, initiation of oral antivirals for flu/COVID, buprenorphine, and other pharmacist services authorized under state law (generally, no specific legislation). Reauthorization of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act, including recommendations to leverage pharmacists as part of the care team. Patient access to comprehensive reproductive healthcare (generally, no specific legislation). Issues related to healthcare workforce shortages (generally, no specific legislation). The Lower Costs, More Transparency Act (H.R. 5378) and the Site-based Invoicing and Transparency Enhancement (SITE) Act (S. 1869), provisions related to site neutral payments. The Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Reauthorization Act (H.R. 7153/S. 3679), provisions related to supporting health workers mental health and well-being. Issues related to the Change Healthcare cyberattack, including communications with the Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services encouraging flexibility following the cyberattack (generally, no specific legislation).
  • The Equitable Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (H.R. 1770/S. 2477) and the Pharmacy and Medically Underserved Areas Enhancement Act (S. 1491), provisions related to Medicare coverage for all PREP Act services and COVID-19 response recommendations, including Medicaid reimbursement for pharmacist provision of testing and vaccination. Issues related to telehealth reimbursement and virtual supervision flexibilities for pharmacist services with CMS (generally, no specific legislation). Issues related to continuation of Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP Act) allowances (generally, no specific legislation).
  • Issues related to FDA authority to manage drug shortages, regulation of pharmacy compounding, and implementation of the Drug Quality and Security Act. The PROTECT 340B Act (H.R. 2534) and the 340B Pharmaceutical Access to Invest in Essential, Needed Treatments & Support Act of 2024 (H.R. 7635), provisions related to enforcement of the 340B Drug Pricing Program. Issues related to pharmacy residency funding (generally, no specific legislation). Issues related to drug price negotiations and patient out-of-pocket costs (generally, no specific legislation). Issues related to authorization of technician product verification (generally, no specific legislation). The Biosimilar Red Tape Elimination Act (S. 2305), issues related to accelerating biosimilar adoption.

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General Issues: Health Issues, Medicare/Medicaid, Pharmacy, Waste (hazardous/solid/interstate/nuclear), Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace

Spending: about $16,969,886 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2008: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), White House Office, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Labor - Dept of (DOL), Government Accountability Office (GAO), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), U.S. Senate,, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA),, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Agency for Health Care Policy & Research, Employment & Training Administration

Bills mentioned

H.R.592: Pharmacy and Medically Underserved Areas Enhancement Act

Sponsor: Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.)

S.109: Pharmacy and Medically Underserved Areas Enhancement Act

Sponsor: Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa)

H.R.2122: To reinstate and extend the deadline for commencement of construction of...

Sponsor: David McKinley (R-W.Va.)

S.974: Creating and Restoring Equal Access to Equivalent Samples Act of 2018

Sponsor: Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.)

S.1800: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and...

Sponsor: Jerry Moran (R-Kan.)

H.R.3049: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and...

Sponsor: Robert B. Aderholt (R-Ala.)

H.R.5813: Overtime Reform and Enhancement Act

Sponsor: Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.)

H.R.34: 21st Century Cures Act

Sponsor: Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.)

H.R.592: Pharmacy and Medically Underserved Areas Enhancement Act

Sponsor: Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.)

S.314: Pharmacy and Medically Underserved Areas Enhancement Act

Sponsor: Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa)

S.524: Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016

Sponsor: Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.)

S.2700: FDA and NIH Workforce Authorities Modernization Act

Sponsor: Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.)

H.R.6: 21st Century Cures Act

Sponsor: Fred Upton (R-Mich.)

H.R.3648: Gluten in Medicine Disclosure Act of 2015

Sponsor: Tim Ryan (D-Ohio)

H.R.3539: Reinvigorating Antibiotic and Diagnostic Innovation Act of 2015

Sponsor: Charles Boustany Jr. (R-La.)

H.R.4190: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage...

Sponsor: Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.)

H.R.3204: Drug Quality and Security Act

Sponsor: Fred Upton (R-Mich.)

H.R.3742: Antibiotic Development to Advance Patient Treatment Act of 2013

Sponsor: Phil Gingrey (R-Ga.)

S.1871: SGR Repeal and Medicare Beneficiary Access Act of 2013

Sponsor: Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

S.959: Pharmaceutical Quality, Security, and Accountability Act

Sponsor: Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)

S.957: Drug Supply Chain Security Act

Sponsor: Michael Bennet (D-Colo.)

H.R.6413: Medicare Transitional Care Act of 2012

Sponsor: Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.)

H.R.6584: Verifying Authority and Legality In Drug Compounding Act of 2012

Sponsor: Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.)

S.3187: Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act

Sponsor: Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)

H.R.5651: Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012

Sponsor: Fred Upton (R-Mich.)

H.R.2245: Preserving Access to Life-Saving Medications Act of 2011

Sponsor: Diana DeGette (D-Colo.)

S.296: Preserving Access to Life-Saving Medications Act

Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

H.R.3839: Drug Shortage Prevention Act of 2012

Sponsor: John Carney (D-Del.)

S.1584: Drug Safety and Accountability Act of 2011

Sponsor: Michael Bennet (D-Colo.)

H.R.2674: 340B Program Improvement Act

Sponsor: Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.)

S.48: Pharmacist Student Loan Repayment Eligibility Act of 2011

Sponsor: Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii)

S.274: Medication Therapy Management Empowerment Act of 2011

Sponsor: Kay Hagan (D-N.C.)

S.3690: Drug Safety and Accountability Act of 2010

Sponsor: Michael Bennet (D-Colo.)

H.R.6543: Drug Safety Enhancement Act of 2011

Sponsor: John D. Dingell (D-Mich.)

H.R.3590: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Sponsor: Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.)

H.R.5389: Medicare Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner Services Coverage Act of 2010

Sponsor: Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.)

H.R.3962: Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension...

Sponsor: John D. Dingell (D-Mich.)

S.252: Veterans Health Care Authorization Act of 2009

Sponsor: Daniel K. Akaka (D-Hawaii)

H.R.2891: Access to Frontline Health Care Act of 2009

Sponsor: Bruce Braley (D-Iowa)

H.R.3200: America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009

Sponsor: John D. Dingell (D-Mich.)

S.245: Retooling the Health Care Workforce for an Aging America Act of 2009

Sponsor: Herb Kohl (D-Wis.)

H.R.1: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

Sponsor: David R. Obey (D-Wis.)

H.R.2642: Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008

Sponsor: Chet Edwards (D-Texas)

H.R.6331: Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008

Sponsor: Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.)

S.901: Health Care Safety Net Act of 2007

Sponsor: Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.)

S.2708: Caring for an Aging America Act of 2008

Sponsor: Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.)

S.2932: Poison Center Support, Enhancement, and Awareness Act of 2008

Sponsor: Patty Murray (D-Wash.)

H.R.5491: Pharmacy Technician Training and Registration Act of 2008

Sponsor: Steven C. LaTourette (R-Ohio)

H.R.3025: Medicare Prescription Drug Savings for Our Seniors (Medicare...

Sponsor: Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas)

S.1827: Pharmacist Access and Recognition in Medicare (PhARM) Act of 2007

Sponsor: Thad Cochran (R-Miss.)

H.R.3162: Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007

Sponsor: John D. Dingell (D-Mich.)

H.R.3580: Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007

Sponsor: John D. Dingell (D-Mich.)

H.R.1956: Patient Protection and Innovative Biologic Medicines Act of 2007

Sponsor: Jay Inslee (D-Wash.)

H.R.1038: Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act

Sponsor: Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.)

H.R.5629: Pathway for Biosimilars Act

Sponsor: Anna G. Eshoo (D-Calif.)

H.R.1628: American Health Care Act of 2017

Sponsor: Diane Black (R-Tenn.)

H.R.4392: To provide that the provision of the Medicare Program: Hospital...

Sponsor: David McKinley (R-W.Va.)

S.2554: Patient Right to Know Drug Prices Act

Sponsor: Susan Collins (R-Maine)

H.R.6: SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act

Sponsor: Greg Walden (R-Ore.)

S.2553: Know the Lowest Price Act of 2018

Sponsor: Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.)

H.R.6142: Reducing Drug Waste Act of 2018

Sponsor: Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas)

H.R.1499: Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act of 2019

Sponsor: Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.)

H.R.985: FAST Generics Act of 2019

Sponsor: Peter Welch (D-Vt.)

S.64: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act

Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

S.340: CREATES Act of 2019

Sponsor: Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.)

H.R.965: CREATES Act of 2019

Sponsor: David Cicilline (D-R.I.)

H.R.2296: More Efficient Tools to Realize Information for Consumers Act

Sponsor: Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.)

S.1895: Lower Health Care Costs Act

Sponsor: Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.)

H.R.748: CARES Act

Sponsor: Joe Courtney (D-Conn.)

S.3781: PART Act

Sponsor: Gary Peters (D-Mich.)

S.3780: HOME Act

Sponsor: Gary Peters (D-Mich.)

S.2723: Mitigating Emergency Drug Shortages Act

Sponsor: Susan Collins (R-Maine)

S.415: A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to...

Sponsor: Bill Cassidy (R-La.)

S.164: Advancing Education on Biosimilars Act of 2021

Sponsor: Margaret Hassan (D-N.H.)

H.R.2759: Pharmacy and Medically Underserved Areas Enhancement Act

Sponsor: G. K. Butterfield (D-N.C.)

S.1362: Pharmacy and Medically Underserved Areas Enhancement Act

Sponsor: Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa)

H.R.1384: Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act of 2021

Sponsor: Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.)

S.445: Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act of 2021

Sponsor: Margaret Hassan (D-N.H.)

H.R.4390: PROTECT 340B Act of 2021

Sponsor: David McKinley (R-W.Va.)

S.773: A bill to enable certain hospitals that were participating in or applied...

Sponsor: John Thune (R-S.D.)

H.R.3203: To enable certain hospitals that were participating in or applied for...

Sponsor: Doris Matsui (D-Calif.)

H.R.7213: Equitable Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act

Sponsor: Ron Kind (D-Wis.)

S.113: Prescription Pricing for the People Act of 2023

Sponsor: Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa)

S.79: Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2023

Sponsor: Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.)

S.148: Stop STALLING Act

Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

S.150: Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2023

Sponsor: John Cornyn (R-Texas)

H.R.1770: Equitable Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act

Sponsor: Adrian Smith (R-Neb.)

H.R.2534: PROTECT 340B Act of 2023

Sponsor: Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.)

H.R.1613: Drug Price Transparency in Medicaid Act of 2023

Sponsor: Buddy Carter (R-Ga.)

H.R.2679: Pharmacy Benefits Manager Accountability Act

Sponsor: Ann McLane Kuster (D-N.H.)

H.R.3282: Promoting Transparency and Healthy Competition in Medicare Act

Sponsor: Diana Harshbarger (R-Tenn.)

S.1491: Pharmacy and Medically Underserved Areas Enhancement Act

Sponsor: Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa)

S.2569: Fentanyl Safe Testing and Overdose Prevention Act

Sponsor: John Cornyn (R-Texas)

H.R.4106: Test Strip Access Act of 2023

Sponsor: Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas)

H.R.2584: SAVE Act

Sponsor: Larry Bucshon (R-Ind.)

S.2768: SAVE Act

Sponsor: Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.)

S.2477: Equitable Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act

Sponsor: John Thune (R-S.D.)

H.R.2880: Protecting Patients Against PBM Abuses Act

Sponsor: Buddy Carter (R-Ga.)

H.R.5393: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure fair...

Sponsor: Morgan Griffith (R-Va.)

H.R.5372: Expanding Seniors' Access to Lower Cost Medicines Act of 2023

Sponsor: John Joyce (R-Pa.)

H.R.5378: Lower Costs, More Transparency Act

Sponsor: Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.)

S.1869: SITE Act

Sponsor: Mike Braun (R-Ind.)

H.R.6992: MAPS Act

Sponsor: Doris Matsui (D-Calif.)

H.R.6963: Pediatric Cancer Drug Supply Act of 2024

Sponsor: Anna G. Eshoo (D-Calif.)

H.R.7153: Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Reauthorization Act

Sponsor: Susan Wild (D-Pa.)

S.3679: Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Reauthorization Act

Sponsor: Tim Kaine (D-Va.)

H.R.7635: The 340B PATIENTS Act of 2024

Sponsor: Doris Matsui (D-Calif.)

S.2305: Biosimilar Red Tape Elimination Act

Sponsor: Mike Lee (R-Utah)

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Thomas Kraus Senate HELP Committee - Committee Fellow Senate HELP Committee - Professional Staff Senate HELP Committee - Deputy Staff Director for Health
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Geralyn Trujillo n/a
Morgan Hanson n/a
Doug Huynh n/a
Douglas Huynh n/a
Katherine Gaynor n/a
Frank Kolb n/a

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