Generating Effective and Novel Evidence for Therapy Payment Act or the GENE Therapy Payment Act This bill allows state Medicaid programs to pay for certain gene therapy drugs through risk-sharing value-based payment agreements with drug manufacturers. The bill applies to covered outpatient drugs that provide potentially curative treatment for serious or life-threatening rare diseases or conditions after not more than three administrations.
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAppropriationsCongressional oversightDepartment of Health and Human ServicesDrug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulationDrug therapyGeneticsGovernment studies and investigationsHealth care costs and insuranceHome and outpatient careIntergovernmental relationsManufacturingMedicaidPrescription drugsState and local government operations
GENE Therapy Payment Act
USA116th CongressHR-5882| House
| Updated: 2/12/2020
Generating Effective and Novel Evidence for Therapy Payment Act or the GENE Therapy Payment Act This bill allows state Medicaid programs to pay for certain gene therapy drugs through risk-sharing value-based payment agreements with drug manufacturers. The bill applies to covered outpatient drugs that provide potentially curative treatment for serious or life-threatening rare diseases or conditions after not more than three administrations.
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAppropriationsCongressional oversightDepartment of Health and Human ServicesDrug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulationDrug therapyGeneticsGovernment studies and investigationsHealth care costs and insuranceHome and outpatient careIntergovernmental relationsManufacturingMedicaidPrescription drugsState and local government operations