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Safeguarding Patients and Taxpayers Act

USA118th CongressS-1589| Senate 
| Updated: 5/11/2023
Thomas Tillis

Thomas Tillis

Republican Senator

North Carolina

Cosponsors (5)
Mitch McConnell (Republican)Marsha Blackburn (Republican)James Lankford (Republican)Steve Daines (Republican)Mike Crapo (Republican)

Finance Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Safeguarding Patients and Taxpayers Act This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to annually report certain information on its use of funds to implement the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program. (The program requires the CMS to negotiate the prices of certain prescription drugs under Medicare beginning in 2026.) Specifically, the CMS must annually report (for as long as funds are available) on the amounts expended, the use of funds, and the projected and actual unused funds from amounts appropriated to implement the program. The CMS must also report on relevant contracts, efforts to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse, and other implementation activities and associated expenditures. The bill also explicitly restricts the CMS from using program funds for other programs or purposes.
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Timeline
May 11, 2023
Introduced in Senate
May 11, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  • May 11, 2023
    Introduced in Senate


  • May 11, 2023
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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Safeguarding Patients and Taxpayers Act

USA118th CongressS-1589| Senate 
| Updated: 5/11/2023
Safeguarding Patients and Taxpayers Act This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to annually report certain information on its use of funds to implement the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program. (The program requires the CMS to negotiate the prices of certain prescription drugs under Medicare beginning in 2026.) Specifically, the CMS must annually report (for as long as funds are available) on the amounts expended, the use of funds, and the projected and actual unused funds from amounts appropriated to implement the program. The CMS must also report on relevant contracts, efforts to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse, and other implementation activities and associated expenditures. The bill also explicitly restricts the CMS from using program funds for other programs or purposes.
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Timeline
May 11, 2023
Introduced in Senate
May 11, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  • May 11, 2023
    Introduced in Senate


  • May 11, 2023
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Thomas Tillis

Thomas Tillis

Republican Senator

North Carolina

Cosponsors (5)
Mitch McConnell (Republican)Marsha Blackburn (Republican)James Lankford (Republican)Steve Daines (Republican)Mike Crapo (Republican)

Finance Committee

Health

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted