Transparency in All Health Care Pricing Act of 2019
USA116th CongressHR-1409| House
| Updated: 3/1/2019
Ed Perlmutter
Democratic Representative
Colorado
Cosponsors (9)
Ways and Means Committee, Health Subcommittee, Health Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee, Oversight and Government Reform Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Transparency in All Health Care Pricing Act of 2019 This bill requires the health care industry to publicly disclose the prices of products and services. Specifically, the bill requires entities that offer or furnish health care related products or services to the public, including health insurers and government agencies, to disclose the price for those products and services at the point of purchase and on the internet. The entities must disclose all prices, including wholesale, retail, and discounted prices, that are accepted as payment in full for products and services furnished to individual consumers. The Department of Health and Human Services may investigate and impose civil penalties on entities that fail to comply with this requirement.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Oversight and Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health
Child healthCivil actions and liabilityConsumer affairsGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment studies and investigationsHealth care costs and insuranceHealth personnelHealth technology, devices, suppliesInflation and pricesMedicaidMedicarePoverty and welfare assistanceRetail and wholesale trades
Transparency in All Health Care Pricing Act of 2019
USA116th CongressHR-1409| House
| Updated: 3/1/2019
Transparency in All Health Care Pricing Act of 2019 This bill requires the health care industry to publicly disclose the prices of products and services. Specifically, the bill requires entities that offer or furnish health care related products or services to the public, including health insurers and government agencies, to disclose the price for those products and services at the point of purchase and on the internet. The entities must disclose all prices, including wholesale, retail, and discounted prices, that are accepted as payment in full for products and services furnished to individual consumers. The Department of Health and Human Services may investigate and impose civil penalties on entities that fail to comply with this requirement.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Oversight and Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Ed Perlmutter
Democratic Representative
Colorado
Cosponsors (9)
Ways and Means Committee, Health Subcommittee, Health Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee, Oversight and Government Reform Committee
Health
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Child healthCivil actions and liabilityConsumer affairsGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment studies and investigationsHealth care costs and insuranceHealth personnelHealth technology, devices, suppliesInflation and pricesMedicaidMedicarePoverty and welfare assistanceRetail and wholesale trades