HR 1768 · 119th Congress — Lower Costs for Everyday Americans Act

Summary

Lower Costs for Everyday Americans Act This bill reauthorizes and establishes programs and requirements regarding health, commerce, and the environment. The bill reauthorizes and expands programs for health care, including by allowing individuals age 65 and over with a medically improved disability to qualify for Medicaid; extending payment increases for certain providers under Medicare, including physicians and rural hospitals; extending Medicare coverage of certain telehealth services; requiring pharmacy benefit managers to remit 100% of rebates for prescription drugs to group health plans; reauthorizing programs supporting health care in underserved communities, including the National Health Service Corps; expanding and reauthorizing programs for public health emergency preparedness and response, including pandemic preparedness; expanding and reauthorizing programs for prevention and treatment of certain conditions, including substance use disorders, traumatic brain injuries, and sickle cell disease; and expanding the Food and Drug Administration’s authority regarding research on rare pediatric diseases. The bill also establishes requirements relating to commerce, including by prohibiting nonconsensual online publication of intimate visual depictions of individuals, requiring manufacturers of internet-connected devices to disclose whether the device has a camera or microphone prior to purchase, banning products containing 10% or more of sodium nitrite by weight, and requiring additional disclosures relating to the prices of concert tickets and hotel rooms. Additionally, . Right now, the latest action is: Sent to the Energy and Commerce Committee, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Budget, the Judiciary, and Education and Workforce, for a period to be later determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such parts as fall within the area of responsibility of the committee concerned. The listed sponsor is Rep. Pallone, Frank [D-NJ-6] [D].

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Latest action

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Budget, the Judiciary, and Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Sponsors

• Rep. Pallone, Frank [D-NJ-6]

  Democratic · New Jersey · House District 6 · Democratic

Sources

• Official congressional record ↗