H.R. 1142 · 119th Congress
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.
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- David Schweikert
- Introduced
- 2025-02-07
- Latest action
- 2025-02-07 · Introduced in House
Summary
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to establish drug adherence guidelines for covered drugs under Medicare so as to achieve an adherence rate of 90%. The CMS must incorporate artificial intelligence and machine-learning technologies and promote generics and biosimilars when developing the guidance.