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Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026Section 6224 › Proposal

A study of price-related pay across the supply chain is due in two years

Making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes, section 6224, Sec. 6224. Written by .

A study of price-related pay across the supply chain is due in two years

The document says “shallWho acts: Comptroller General of the United StatesHow: statuteSec. 6224 in the PDF
What the document says

“Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this section, the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a report containing the results of the study conducted under paragraph (1), together with recommendations for such legislation and administrative action as the Comptroller General determines appropriate.”

Making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes, Sec. 6224

Subsection (b) of section 6224 requires the Comptroller General to study compensation and payment structures tied to a drug's price across the retail prescription drug supply chain in part D, covering their type, size and prevalence among managers, plans, wholesalers, pharmacies, manufacturers, brokers and others, business models, differences between affiliated and unaffiliated firms, potential conflicts of interest, changes over time and across market segments, and the effects on federal health programs and beneficiaries. The report is due to Congress within two years of enactment.

What the document actually says

“Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this section, the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a report containing the results of the study conducted under paragraph (1), together with recommendations for such legislation and administrative action as the Comptroller General determines appropriate.”

Making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes, Sec. 6224
That sentence, in plain words

Within two years a watchdog office must send Congress a report on the study. It must add what it thinks Congress or the agency should do.

What this is about

Fees set as a share of a drug's price run through the whole chain. The study maps where they are and what they do.

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