H.R. 5882 · 116th Congress
GENE Therapy Payment Act
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Kurt Schrader
- 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.