# 119-s-1862: ORPHAN Cures Act

119-s-1862, ORPHAN Cures Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] (R-WY); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2025-12-21).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1862
- As of: 2025-12-21
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-1862
- Congress: 119
- Title: ORPHAN Cures Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-05-22
- Sponsor: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] (R-WY)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**Expands exclusions for orphan drugs from Medicare's drug price negotiation calculations.** This bill would change how the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program treats orphan drugs by excluding orphan-status time from market-approval clocks and by broadening which orphan drugs are exempt from negotiation.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] (D-NM), 2025-05-22T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Delays price talks for orphan drugs: cost, low. This bill would pause the Drug Price Negotiation Program clock for times a drug had orphan status. That pause would be left out of the program's timing rules. If enacted, some orphan-designated drugs could be kept off the negotiation list longer. Drug makers would face price talks later, and patien…

## Related bills

- 119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act
- 119-s-135: Wildland Firefighter Paycheck Protection Act of 2025
- 119-s-5025: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026
- 119-s-1639: American Innovation and Jobs Act
- 119-s-1241: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025
- 119-s-237: Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-s-1862 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1862)

## Related
- [119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1748)
- [119-s-135: Wildland Firefighter Paycheck Protection Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-135)
- [119-s-5025: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5025)
- [119-s-1639: American Innovation and Jobs Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1639)
- [119-s-1241: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1241)
- [119-s-237: Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-237)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1862 (as of 2025-12-21).