PLASMA Act has not moved since its introduction on Feb 24, 2025, with cosponsors from both parties
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 135 words.
Preserving Life-saving Access to Specialty Medicines in America Act or the PLASMA Act This bill phases-in certain price adjustments for plasma-derived products under the Medicare prescription drug benefit's Manufacturer Discount Program. Current law requires manufacturers of covered drugs under the Medicare prescription drug benefit to provide a 10% discount for covered drugs during the initial coverage phase (i.e., before a beneficiary reaches the out-of-pocket spending threshold) and a 20% discount during the catastrophic coverage phase (i.e., after a beneficiary reaches the out-of-pocket spending threshold). The bill phases-in discounts for plasma-derived products over several years, starting with a 1% discount in 2026 for both the initial and catastrophic coverage phases, and ending with a 10% discount beginning in 2030 for the initial coverage phase and a 20% discount beginning in 2032 for the catastrophic coverage phase.
- Committees
- Senate Finance Committee
- Policy area
- Health: 122 of 9,357 bills became law, 113th–118th (1.3%)
- Sponsor
- 5 of 198 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in senate · 428 words
- Subjects
- Blood and blood diseasesDrug therapyHealth care costs and insuranceManufacturingMedicarePrescription drugs
- Latest action
- Feb 24, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 1 in all.
Identical or companion · 1
- 119th H.R. 1476 PLASMA Act R · Introduced