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handle is hein.congrec/prepriat0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ICongressional Budget Office Cost Estimate May 22, 2019 By Fiscal Year, llions of Dollars 2019 20192024 2019o2029 Direct Spending (Outlays) 0 0 0 Revenues Deficit Effect 0 0 0 0 0 0 H.R. 2376 would require the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to study whether anticompetitive practices exist within the pharmaceutical supply chain, especially practices carried out by pharmacy benefit managers or intermediaries. The FTC would research potential legal or regulatory barriers to effective enforcement and methods that payers and companies use to assess the costs and benefits of contracting with intermediaries. Finally, among other requirements, the FTC would be required to formulate policy or legislative recommendations to deter anticompetitive behavior in the pharmaceutical supply chain. The FTC would submit preliminary findings to the Congress 180 days following enactment and provide a final report to the Congress one year following enactment. Using information from the FTC on the cost of similar studies, CBO estimates that the FTC would need nine employees including attorneys, economists, research analysts, and paralegals. That effort would cost about $2 million over one year, subject to the availability of appropriated funds. Although the cost would vary by position, CBO estimates that the average cost per employee would be $175,000. The CBO staff contact for this estimate is David Hughes. The estimate was reviewed by H. Samuel Papenfuss, Deputy Assistant Director for Budget Analysis. See also CBO's Cost Estimates Explained, www,cbo.gov/publication/54437; How CBO Prepares Cost Estimates, www.cbo.gov/publication/53519; and Glossary, www cbo~gov/pubication/42904.

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