H.R. 5882 · 116th Congress

GENE Therapy Payment Act

Stage
In committee
Introduced
2020-02-12
Latest action
2020-02-12 · Introduced in House

Summary

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.