HR 1316 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Prescription Drug Price Transparency Act

Introduced Mar 2, 2017 Originated House Sponsor Doug Collins R-GA

Latest action · Apr 5, 2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

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.

IntroducedMar 2, 2017
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Prescription Drug Price Transparency Act

This bill adds certain transparency requirements for pharmacy benefits managers under Medicare, Medicare Advantage, TRICARE, and the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.

Cosponsors 56

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 2, 2017 to Sep 5, 2018; 7 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-TX	Brian Babin	Original	Mar 2, 2017
R-WA	Cathy McMorris Rodgers	Original	Mar 2, 2017
D-IA	David Loebsack	Original	Mar 2, 2017
R-GA	Earl L. "Buddy" Carter	Original	Mar 2, 2017
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.	Original	Mar 2, 2017
D-MD	John P. Sarbanes	Original	Mar 2, 2017
R-IA	Rod Blum	Original	Mar 2, 2017
D-RI	James R. Langevin		Mar 16, 2017
R-VA	Robert J. Wittman		Mar 22, 2017
R-GA	Rick W. Allen		Apr 25, 2017
R-AL	Robert B. Aderholt		Apr 25, 2017
R-GA	Austin Scott		Apr 28, 2017
D-VT	Peter Welch		Apr 28, 2017
R-AL	Mo Brooks		May 2, 2017
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson		May 16, 2017
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings		May 16, 2017
R-GA	Tom Graves		May 16, 2017
R-NC	David Rouzer		May 23, 2017
R-AR	Eric A. "Rick" Crawford		May 23, 2017
R-AL	Mike Rogers		May 23, 2017
R-PA	Lou Barletta		Jun 6, 2017
R-NC	Walter B. Jones		Jun 6, 2017
R-NY	Elise M. Stefanik		Jun 7, 2017
D-TX	Filemon Vela		Jun 7, 2017
R-MS	Gregg Harper		Jun 7, 2017
R-VA	H. Morgan Griffith		Jun 8, 2017
R-MS	Steven M. Palazzo		Jun 8, 2017
R-GA	A. Drew Ferguson IV		Jun 12, 2017
R-NE	Don Bacon		Jun 12, 2017
R-KS	Roger Marshall		Jun 13, 2017
R-AL	Bradley Byrne		Jun 20, 2017
R-TN	David P. Roe		Jun 22, 2017
R-GA	Jody B. Hice		Jun 26, 2017
R-IA	David Young		Jul 11, 2017
R-WA	Dan Newhouse		Sep 8, 2017
R-AR	Bruce Westerman		Sep 13, 2017
R-ND	Kevin Cramer		Sep 25, 2017
D-MD	Jamie Raskin		Oct 2, 2017
D-NY	Kathleen M. Rice		Oct 3, 2017
R-NY	Peter T. King		Oct 3, 2017
D-OH	Tim Ryan		Jan 8, 2018
R-WI	Mike Gallagher		Jan 10, 2018
D-OH	Joyce Beatty		Jan 11, 2018
R-MO	Vicky Hartzler		Jan 11, 2018
R-WA	Jaime Herrera Beutler		Apr 11, 2018
R-IA	Steve King		Apr 13, 2018
D-TX	Vicente Gonzalez		Apr 13, 2018
R-LA	Clay Higgins		Apr 17, 2018
R-AL	Martha Roby		Apr 17, 2018
R-VA	Bob Goodlatte		Apr 26, 2018
R-LA	Ralph Lee Abraham		Jun 19, 2018
R-FL	Bill Posey		Jul 18, 2018
D-CA	Ro Khanna		Jul 18, 2018
R-TN	Scott DesJarlais		Jul 18, 2018
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke		Jul 18, 2018
R-ME	Bruce Poliquin		Sep 5, 2018

Committees 4

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 Mar 2, 2017
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Mar 17, 2017
House	Ways and Means Committee	Referred Mar 2, 2017
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Mar 15, 2017
House	Armed Services Committee	Referred Mar 2, 2017
	Military Personnel Subcommittee	Referred Apr 5, 2017
House	Oversight and Government Reform Committee	Referred Mar 2, 2017

Actions 5

Everything that happened, newest first.

Apr 5, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Mar 17, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 15, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 2, 2017Introduced in House
Mar 2, 2017Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Armed Services, 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.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
House	Debate and remarks H5913–H5917	Doug Collins R-GA, Earl L. "Buddy" Carter R-GA, John J. Duncan, Jr. R-TN	Jul 17, 2017

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.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: The constitutional authority in which this bill rests is the power of Congress to regulate commerce as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, as applied to healthcare.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 37, March 2, 2017, page H1531.

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for pharmacy benefits manager standards under the Medicare prescription drug program and Medicare Advantage program to further transparency of payment methodologies to pharmacies, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Prescription Drug Price Transparency Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Mar 2, 2017Introduced in House

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