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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Sep 1, 2020
Surplus Utilization of Pharmaceutical Products Leveraged In Emergency Scenarios Act of 2020 or the SUPPLIES Act of 2020
This bill excludes certain short-dated drugs from rebate calculations under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program during the public health emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Specifically, the bill excludes from such calculations direct sales of drugs that (1) have a shelf life of one year or more and expire one year after the date of sale, or (2) have a shelf life of less than one year and expire after the same number of days as the shelf life following the date of sale.
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Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12] · R–FL
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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