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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.

H.R. 1142 · 119th Congress · Feb 7, 2025 · Lineage

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Section 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))).”