To ensure that health insurance issuers and group health plans do not prohibit pharmacy providers from providing certain information to enrollees.
USA115th CongressHR-6143| House
| Updated: 6/19/2018
Lloyd Doggett
Democratic Representative
Texas
Cosponsors (31)
John Garamendi (Democratic)Raúl M. Grijalva (Democratic)Mark Pocan (Democratic)Karen Bass (Democratic)David N. Cicilline (Democratic)Emanuel Cleaver (Democratic)Brian Higgins (Democratic)Carol Shea-Porter (Democratic)Steve Cohen (Democratic)Andy Biggs (Republican)John P. Sarbanes (Democratic)Vicente Gonzalez (Democratic)Ro Khanna (Democratic)Al Green (Democratic)Mark DeSaulnier (Democratic)Keith Ellison (Democratic)Jacky Rosen (Democratic)Sander M. Levin (Democratic)John Lewis (Democratic)Luis V. Gutierrez (Democratic)Pramila Jayapal (Democratic)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)Jamie Raskin (Democratic)Elijah E. Cummings (Democratic)Maxine Waters (Democratic)Nydia M. Velázquez (Democratic)Bennie G. Thompson (Democratic)Earl Blumenauer (Democratic)Gwen Moore (Democratic)Grace F. Napolitano (Democratic)Judy Chu (Democratic)
Energy and Commerce Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Patient Right to Know Drug Prices Act This bill prohibits a health insurance plan or pharmacy benefits manager from restricting a pharmacy from informing an enrollee of any difference between the cost of a drug under the plan and the cost of the drug without health insurance coverage. (Such restrictions are commonly referred to as gag clauses.)
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Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Health
Health care costs and insuranceHealth care coverage and accessInflation and pricesPrescription drugs
To ensure that health insurance issuers and group health plans do not prohibit pharmacy providers from providing certain information to enrollees.
USA115th CongressHR-6143| House
| Updated: 6/19/2018
Patient Right to Know Drug Prices Act This bill prohibits a health insurance plan or pharmacy benefits manager from restricting a pharmacy from informing an enrollee of any difference between the cost of a drug under the plan and the cost of the drug without health insurance coverage. (Such restrictions are commonly referred to as gag clauses.)
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Lloyd Doggett
Democratic Representative
Texas
Cosponsors (31)
John Garamendi (Democratic)Raúl M. Grijalva (Democratic)Mark Pocan (Democratic)Karen Bass (Democratic)David N. Cicilline (Democratic)Emanuel Cleaver (Democratic)Brian Higgins (Democratic)Carol Shea-Porter (Democratic)Steve Cohen (Democratic)Andy Biggs (Republican)John P. Sarbanes (Democratic)Vicente Gonzalez (Democratic)Ro Khanna (Democratic)Al Green (Democratic)Mark DeSaulnier (Democratic)Keith Ellison (Democratic)Jacky Rosen (Democratic)Sander M. Levin (Democratic)John Lewis (Democratic)Luis V. Gutierrez (Democratic)Pramila Jayapal (Democratic)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)Jamie Raskin (Democratic)Elijah E. Cummings (Democratic)Maxine Waters (Democratic)Nydia M. Velázquez (Democratic)Bennie G. Thompson (Democratic)Earl Blumenauer (Democratic)Gwen Moore (Democratic)Grace F. Napolitano (Democratic)Judy Chu (Democratic)
Energy and Commerce Committee
Health
Related Bills
- HR 115-6733: To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act and title XVIII of the Social Security Act to prohibit group health plans, health insurance issuers, prescription drug plan sponsors, and Medicare Advantage organizations from limiting certain information on drug prices.
- S 115-2554: Patient Right to Know Drug Prices Act
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Health care costs and insuranceHealth care coverage and accessInflation and pricesPrescription drugs