Making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes, section 6219, Sec. 6219.
Written by .
From 2028 a generic drug carries no copay
The document says “is amended”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 6219 in the PDF
What the document says
“``(aa) for a generic drug, $0;”
For plan year 2028 and each later plan year, the copayment for a generic drug is $0.
What the document actually says
“``(aa) for a generic drug, $0;”
That sentence, in plain words
For a generic drug, the copay is nothing.
What this is about
This starts with plan year 2028. Before then the cap on a generic is one dollar. After, there is no charge at all.
No action is recorded against this proposal. That is not evidence that none has been taken, and nobody has yet read it against the record. See what the tracker does not yet cover.
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, Public Law 119-75, sec. 6219, 140 Stat. 655 (2026). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ75/html/PLAW-119publ75.htm
This page
“From 2028 a generic drug carries no copay,” Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, section 6219, Sec. 6219. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/consolidated-appropriations-act-2026/proposal/sec6219-generic-zero-from-2028/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
Cite the document when the claim is about what the document says. Cite this page when the indexing, the wording or the record of what has happened is what is being relied on.
How to Read This Page
The quotation is the document's own words, exactly as printed, checked against the page
number against the Act itself before publishing. The paragraph underneath is our summary,
not the document's words. So is the plain English version, which is why it sits beside the
quotation rather than replacing it.
