U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
SB5586: Ensuring Accurate Payments to Specialty Pharmacies Act
Status: In committee, September 29, 2026
A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct surveys of non-retail pharmacy drug prices, and for other purposes.
What the bill says
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct surveys of non-retail pharmacy drug prices, and for other purposes.
From the introduced text, September 29, 2026:
A BILL To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct surveys of non-retail pharmacy drug prices, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ensuring Accurate Payments to Specialty Pharmacies Act . SECTION 2. Ensuring accurate payments to pharmacies under Medicaid (a) In general Section 1927(f) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396r-8(f) ) is amended-- (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (4) as paragraphs (3), (4), and (6), respectively; (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new and (ii) at the discretion of the Secretary, for each type of applicable non-retail pharmacy (as identified pursuant to the type indicators established by the Secretary under subsection (k)(12)(B)(ii)), the determination of survey prices, separate from the survey prices described in paragraph (1)(A)(i) or clause (i) of this subparagraph, of the national average drug acquisition cost for such type of pharmacy for covered outpatient drugs that represent a nationwide average of consumer purchase prices for such drugs, net of all discounts and rebates (to the extent any information with respect to such discounts and rebates is available) based on a monthly survey of such pharmacies. (B) Application of requirements Subparagraphs (C), (D), and (E) of paragraph (1) shall apply to …
Sponsors
- Warner, Mark (D) · primary sponsor
- Cassidy, Bill (R)
Latest actions
- : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- : Introduced in Senate
Subjects: Health
Common questions
- What is SB5586?
- SB5586 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): Ensuring Accurate Payments to Specialty Pharmacies Act.
- What does SB5586 do?
- In its own words: To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct surveys of non-retail pharmacy drug prices, and for other purposes.
- What is the status of SB5586?
- In committee as of September 29, 2026. Latest action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (September 29, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB5586?
- Warner, Mark (D), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for SB5586?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/5586
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