HR 4215
112th Congress
House
Health
Accounting and auditing
Business records
Contracts and agency
Health care costs and insurance
Health information and medical records
Medicare
Prescription drugs
Retail and wholesale trades
Medicare Pharmacy Transparency and Fair Auditing Act
Introduced: March 20, 2012
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 22, 2012
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 20, 2012
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
Mar 20, 2012
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Medicare Pharmacy Transparency and Fair Auditing Act - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require each contract entered into with a prescription drug plan (PDP) sponsor for the offering of a prescription drug plan to prohibit the PDP sponsor from contracting with any pharmacy benefits manager (PBM) to manage the prescription drug coverage under such plan, or to control the costs of such coverage, unless the manager satisfies specified PBM audit and disclosure requirements.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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