Title: Prescription Drug Pricing Dashboard Act
Policy area: Health

Summary:
Prescription Drug Pricing Dashboard Act
This bill provides statutory authority for, and establishes requirements regarding, the Medicare and Medicaid prescription drug pricing dashboards that are operated by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The dashboards provide spending information for covered drugs, including the average spending per dosage unit and changes in spending over time.
The bill requires the CMS to update the dashboards annually and to include specified information, such as information about out-of-pocket costs and the drugs that have the highest total spending under each program.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1773 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1773

  To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to establish internet 
 website-based dashboards to allow the public to review information on 
 spending for, and utilization of, prescription drugs and biologicals 
           covered under the Medicare and Medicaid programs.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 20, 2021

Mr. Casey (for himself and Ms. Collins) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to establish internet 
 website-based dashboards to allow the public to review information on 
 spending for, and utilization of, prescription drugs and biologicals 
           covered under the Medicare and Medicaid programs.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Prescription Drug Pricing Dashboard 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICING DASHBOARDS.

    Part A of title XI of the Social Security Act is amended by adding 
at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 1150D. PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICING DASHBOARDS.

    ``(a) In General.--Beginning not later than January 1, 2022, the 
Secretary shall establish, and annually update, internet website-based 
dashboards, through which beneficiaries, clinicians, researchers, and 
the public can review information on spending for, and utilization of, 
prescription drugs and biologicals (and related supplies and mechanisms 
of delivery) covered under each of parts B and D of title XVIII and 
under a State program under title XIX, including information on trends 
of such spending and utilization over time.
    ``(b) Medicare Part B Drug and Biological Dashboard.--
            ``(1) In general.--The dashboard established under 
        subsection (a) for part B of title XVIII shall provide the 
        information described in paragraph (2).
            ``(2) Information described.--The information described in 
        this paragraph is the following information with respect to 
        drug or biologicals covered under such part B:
                    ``(A) The brand name and, if applicable, the 
                generic names of the drug or biological.
                    ``(B) Consumer-friendly information on the uses and 
                clinical indications of the drug or biological.
                    ``(C) The manufacturer or labeler of the drug or 
                biological.
                    ``(D) To the extent feasible, the following 
                information:
                            ``(i) Average total spending per dosage 
                        unit of the drug or biological in the most 
                        recent 2 calendar years for which data is 
                        available.
                            ``(ii) The percentage change in average 
                        spending on the drug or biological per dosage 
                        unit between the most recent calendar year for 
                        which data is available and--
                                    ``(I) the preceding calendar year; 
                                and
                                    ``(II) the preceding 5 and 10 
                                calendar years.
                            ``(iii) The annual growth rate in average 
                        spending per dosage unit of the drug or 
                        biological in the most recent 5 or 10 calendar 
                        years for which data is available.
                            ``(iv) Total spending for the drug or 
                        biological for the most recent calendar year 
                        for which data is available.
                            ``(v) The number of beneficiaries receiving 
                        the drug or biological in the most recent 
                        calendar year for which data is available.
                            ``(vi) Average spending on the drug per 
                        beneficiary for the most recent calendar year 
                        for which data is available.
                    ``(E) The average sales price of the drug or 
                biological (as determined under section 1847A) for the 
                most recent quarter.
                    ``(F) Consumer-friendly information about the 
                coinsurance amount for the drug or biological for 
                beneficiaries for the most recent quarter. Such 
                information shall not include coinsurance amounts for 
                qualified medicare beneficiaries (as defined in section 
                1905(p)(1)).
                    ``(G) For the most recent calendar year for which 
                data is available--
                            ``(i) the 15 drugs and biologicals with the 
                        highest total spending under such part; and
                            ``(ii) any drug or biological for which the 
                        average annual per beneficiary spending exceeds 
                        the gross spending for covered part D drugs at 
                        which the annual out-of-pocket threshold under 
                        section 1860D-2(b)(4)(B) would be met for the 
                        year.
                    ``(H) Other information (not otherwise prohibited 
                in law from being disclosed) that the Secretary 
                determines would provide beneficiaries, clinicians, 
                researchers, and the public with helpful information 
                about drug and biological spending and utilization 
                (including trends of such spending and utilization).
    ``(c) Medicare Covered Part D Drug Dashboard.--
            ``(1) In general.--The dashboard established under 
        subsection (a) for part D of title XVIII shall provide the 
        information described in paragraph (2).
            ``(2) Information described.--The information described in 
        this paragraph is the following information with respect to 
        covered part D drugs under such part D:
                    ``(A) The information described in subparagraphs 
                (A) through (D) of subsection (b)(2).
                    ``(B) Information on average annual beneficiary 
                out-of-pocket costs below and above the annual out-of-
                pocket threshold under section 1860D-2(b)(4)(B) for the 
                current plan year. Such information shall not include 
                out-of-pocket costs for subsidy eligible individuals 
                under section 1860D-14.
                    ``(C) Information on how to access resources as 
                described in sections 1860D-1(c) and 1851(d).
                    ``(D) For the most recent calendar year for which 
                data is available--
                            ``(i) the 15 covered part D drugs with the 
                        highest total spending under such part; and
                            ``(ii) any covered part D drug for which 
                        the average annual per beneficiary spending 
                        exceeds the gross spending for covered part D 
                        drugs at which the annual out-of-pocket 
                        threshold under section 1860D-2(b)(4)(B) would 
                        be met for the year.
                    ``(E) Other information (not otherwise prohibited 
                in law from being disclosed) that the Secretary 
                determines would provide beneficiaries, clinicians, 
                researchers, and the public with helpful information 
                about covered part D drug spending and utilization 
                (including trends of such spending and utilization).
    ``(d) Medicaid Covered Outpatient Drug Dashboard.--
            ``(1) In general.--The dashboard established under 
        subsection (a) for title XIX shall provide the information 
        described in paragraph (2).
            ``(2) Information described.--The information described in 
        this paragraph is the following information with respect to 
        covered outpatient drugs under such title:
                    ``(A) The information described in subparagraphs 
                (A) through (D) of subsection (b)(2).
                    ``(B) For the most recent calendar year for which 
                data is available, the 15 covered outpatient drugs with 
                the highest total spending under such title.
                    ``(C) Other information (not otherwise prohibited 
                in law from being disclosed) that the Secretary 
                determines would provide beneficiaries, clinicians, 
                researchers, and the public with helpful information 
                about covered outpatient drug spending and utilization 
                (including trends of such spending and utilization).
    ``(e) Data Files.--The Secretary shall make available the 
underlying data for each dashboard established under subsection (a) in 
a machine-readable format.''.
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