# 119-hr-1922: Ensuring Access to Essential Drugs Act

119-hr-1922, Ensuring Access to Essential Drugs Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Garbarino, Andrew R. [R-NY-2] (R-NY); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-1922
- Congress: 119
- Title: Ensuring Access to Essential Drugs Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-03-06
- Sponsor: Rep. Garbarino, Andrew R. [R-NY-2] (R-NY)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Exempts certain orally administered drugs from the Medicare Part D manufacturer discount program.** Drugs qualify only if they have a Food and Drug Administration new drug application (NDA) approval under section 505 and a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) narrow exception that reclassifies them as noninnovator multiple‑source drugs for Medicaid rebates. - Drug manufacturers: Makers of orally administered drugs that meet both the FDA NDA and the CMS narrow reclassification exception are no longer required to participate in the Part D manufacturer discount program for those products. - Medicare Part D plans and program rules: The list of drugs that trigger manufacturer discounts in Part D is narrowed so that specified orally administered drugs are excluded from the discount calculations.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Harshbarger, Diana [R-TN-1] (R-TN), 2025-03-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3] (D-NY), 2025-03-06T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Fewer Medicare discounts on some oral drugs: cost, low. If enacted, this bill would remove some oral drugs from Medicare Part D’s manufacturer discount program. The carve-out would apply only to pills approved by the FDA as new drugs and given a narrow CMS exception to be treated like a non‑innovator, multiple‑source drug under Medicaid rules. If your P…

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- 119-hr-6644: 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act
- 119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act
- 119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025
- 119-hr-6152: Foreign Robocall Elimination Act
- 119-hr-5401: Pay Our Troops Act of 2026

## Sources
- [119-hr-1922 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1922)

## Related
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- [119-hr-6644: 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6644)
- [119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1262)
- [119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2725)
- [119-hr-6152: Foreign Robocall Elimination Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6152)
- [119-hr-5401: Pay Our Troops Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5401)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1922 (as of 2026-04-21).