H.R. 1142

119 HR 1142 IH: To amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish drug adherence guidelines, and for other purposes.
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-02-07
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 1142  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   February 7, 2025   Mr. Schweikert  introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Energy and Commerce    A BILL
To amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish drug adherence guidelines, and for other purposes.
1.
Establishment of drug adherence guidelines
Title XVII of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300u et seq. ) is amended by inserting after section 1711 ( 42 U.S.C. 300u–16 ) the following:
1712.
Establishment of drug adherence guidelines
(a)
In general
The Secretary shall establish drug adherence guidelines with the goal of achieving 90 percent adherence for all Medicare part B and D drugs.
(b)
Contents
In establishing the guidelines under subsection (a), the Secretary shall—
(1)
incorporate artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies; and
(2)
to the maximum extent practicable, promote the use of generic and biosimilar drugs.
(c)
Definitions
In this section:
(1)
Medicare part b drug
The term  Medicare part B drug  means a drug or biological product for which payment may be made under part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395j et seq. ).
(2)
Medicare part d drug
The term  Medicare part D drug  means a covered part D drug (as defined in section 1860D–2(e) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395w–102(e) )).
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