Transparency in All Health Care Pricing Act of 2010
Latest action · May 6, 2010 Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 25, 2010
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Transparency in All Health Care Pricing Act of 2010 - Requires any and all individuals or business entities, including physicians, pharmacies, pharmaceutical manufactures, and insurance entities, that offer or furnish health care related items, products, services, or procedures for sale to the public to publicly disclose, on a continuous basis, all prices for such items, products, services, or procedures. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to: (1) investigate any individuals or business entities that fail to comply with the requirements of this Act; and (2) impose civil fines, or other civil penalties, as appropriate.
Cosponsors 67
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 25, 2010 to Jul 21, 2010; 17 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Original | Feb 25, 2010 |
| D-MI | Bart Stupak | Original | Feb 25, 2010 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | Feb 25, 2010 |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Original | Feb 25, 2010 |
| D-IA | Bruce L. Braley | Original | Feb 25, 2010 |
| D-NH | Carol Shea-Porter | Original | Feb 25, 2010 |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Original | Feb 25, 2010 |
| D-IL | Daniel Lipinski | Original | Feb 25, 2010 |
| D-IA | David Loebsack | Original | Feb 25, 2010 |
| D-CO | Ed Perlmutter | Original | Feb 25, 2010 |
| D-IA | Leonard L. Boswell | Original | Feb 25, 2010 |
| D-NH | Paul W. Hodes | Original | Feb 25, 2010 |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Original | Feb 25, 2010 |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Original | Feb 25, 2010 |
| D-FL | Ron Klein | Original | Feb 25, 2010 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Feb 25, 2010 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Feb 26, 2010Hearings May 6, 2010 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Feb 25, 2010 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Mar 8, 2010 | |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Feb 25, 2010 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 6, 2010Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Mar 8, 2010Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Feb 26, 2010Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Feb 25, 2010Introduced in House
- Feb 25, 2010Referred to House Energy and Commerce
- Feb 25, 2010Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Oversight and Government 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.
- Feb 25, 2010Referred to House Ways and Means
- Feb 25, 2010Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 111-119 | H.R. 4700, THE TRANSPARENCY IN ALL HEALTH CARE PRICING ACT OF 2010; H.R. 2249, THE HEALTH CARE PRICE TRANSPARENCY PROMOTION ACT OF 2009; AND H.R. 4803, THE PATIENTS' RIGHT TO KNOW ACT117 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | May 6, 2010 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for transparency in health care pricing, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Transparency in All Health Care Pricing Act of 2010
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 25, 2010Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
