Patient Right to Know Drug Prices Act
Latest action · Jun 19, 2018 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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.
- IntroducedJun 19, 2018
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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.)
Cosponsors 31
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 11, 2018 to Sep 12, 2018.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Jul 11, 2018 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Jul 11, 2018 | |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Jul 11, 2018 | |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Jul 11, 2018 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Jul 11, 2018 | |
| D-MI | Sander M. Levin | Jul 11, 2018 | |
| D-TX | Al Green | Jul 19, 2018 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Jul 19, 2018 | |
| D-NH | Carol Shea-Porter | Jul 19, 2018 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Jul 19, 2018 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Jul 19, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Jul 19, 2018 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Jul 19, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Jul 19, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Karen Bass | Jul 19, 2018 | |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Jul 19, 2018 | |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Jul 19, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Jul 19, 2018 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Jul 19, 2018 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Jul 19, 2018 | |
| D-TX | Vicente Gonzalez | Jul 19, 2018 | |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Sep 4, 2018 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Sep 4, 2018 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Sep 4, 2018 | |
| D-MD | John P. Sarbanes | Sep 4, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Sep 4, 2018 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Sep 4, 2018 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Sep 4, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Sep 4, 2018 | |
| R-AZ | Andy Biggs | Sep 12, 2018 | |
| D-NV | Jacky Rosen | Sep 12, 2018 |
Committees 1
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 Jun 19, 2018 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 19, 2018Introduced in House
- Jun 19, 2018Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 102, June 19, 2018, page H5285.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2554 | Patient Right to Know Drug Prices Act | Identical bill | Oct 10, 2018 |
| HR 6733 | Know the Cost Act of 2018 | Related bill | Sep 13, 2018 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To ensure that health insurance issuers and group health plans do not prohibit pharmacy providers from providing certain information to enrollees.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Patient Right to Know Drug Prices Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 19, 2018Introduced 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.
