US Congress House Bill 1409 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-2)
Status: Introduced on February 27 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-01 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires the health care industry to publicly disclose the prices of products and services. Specifically, the bill requires entities that offer or furnish health care related products or services to the public, including health insurers and government agencies, to disclose the price for those products and services at the point of purchase and on the internet. The entities must disclose all prices, including wholesale, retail, and discounted prices, that are accepted as payment in full for products and services furnished to individual consumers. The Department of Health and Human Services may investigate and impose civil penalties on entities that fail to comply with this requirement.

Transparency in All Health Care Pricing Act of 2019

Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]	Rep. Mike Gallagher [R-WI]	Rep. Norma Torres [D-CA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi [D-IL]	Rep. Joseph Neguse [D-CO]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Rep. Jason Crow [D-CO]
Rep. Vicky Hartzler [R-MO]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-01	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2019-02-27	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2019-02-27	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Oversight and 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.
2019-02-27	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Oversight and 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.
2019-02-27	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Oversight and 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.
2019-02-27	House	Introduced in House

SB3318 (Related) 2020-02-13 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1409/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr1409/BILLS-116hr1409ih.pdf