S 164 United States Senate · 117th Congress

Advancing Education on Biosimilars Act of 2021

Summary
Advancing Education on Biosimilars Act of 2021 This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to advance education and awareness among health care providers about biological products as appropriate, including by developing or improving continuing education programs that address the prescribing of biological products and biosimilars. (A biosimilar is a biological product that is highly similar to an FDA-approved reference biological product and has no clinically meaningful differences from that reference product.) The FDA may also maintain and operate a website to provide educational materials about biological products.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2021
Committee Review
Mar 2021
Senate Passage
Mar 2021
House Passage
Apr 2021
Signed into Law
Apr 2021
Introduced Feb 2, 2021 Signed Apr 23, 2021
Floor votes · House Apr 14, 2021

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
20
Key actions
6
Committee
3
Apr 23, 2021
Signed into law
Signed by President.
executive
Apr 14, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 412 - 8 (Roll no. 101).(text: CR H1754)
lower
Mar 3, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S1021)
upper
Mar 3, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S1021)
upper
Mar 3, 2021
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1021)
upper
Mar 3, 2021
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S1021)
upper
Feb 2, 2021
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
upper
Feb 2, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor

Sponsors