HR 5343
115th Congress
House
Health
Business ethics
Consumer affairs
Contracts and agency
Drug therapy
Health care costs and insurance
Health personnel
Medical ethics
Prescription drugs
Prescription Transparency Act of 2018
Introduced: March 20, 2018
Introduced by:
Carter, Earl L. "Buddy"
Republican
· Georgia
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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 23, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 20, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Mar 20, 2018
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Prescription Transparency Act of 2018
This bill prohibits contract provisions between a health insurer and a pharmacy that prohibit or penalize a pharmacist's disclosure to an individual purchasing a prescription drug of information regarding (1) the cost of the drug, (2) the availability of any therapeutically equivalent alternative drug, or (3) less expensive methods of purchasing the drug.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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