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119th Congress

S. 4323

Ensuring Access to Lower-Cost Medicines for Seniors Act

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Passed House
  5. To President
  6. Became law
Sponsor
James Lankford(R-OK)
Introduced
Apr 16, 2026
Policy area
Health
Committees
Senate Committee on Finance
Official text
Introduced in Senate · Congress.gov page

Cosponsors (2)

Original cosponsors (1)

Added later (1)

Summary

Summary by the Congressional Research Service· describes the “Introduced in Senate” version

Ensuring Access to Lower-Cost Medicines for Seniors Act This bill requires prescription drug plans under the Medicare prescription drug benefit to include generic drugs and biosimilars on their formularies. Specifically, the bill requires plans that use formularies to include generic drugs and biosimilars on the formularies and without any requirements (e.g., prior authorization requirements) that are more restrictive as compared to those for brand-name drugs and biologics. Plans that use cost-sharing tiers must also have specific tiers for generic drugs and biosimilars, in accordance with certain limitations.

Roll-call votes

No recorded votes on this bill.

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