US Congress House Bill 4215 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on March 20 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-03-22 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

Medicare Pharmacy Transparency and Fair Auditing Act

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA]	Rep. Mark Amodei [R-NV]	Rep. Robert Andrews [D-NJ]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]
Rep. Timothy Bishop [D-NY]	Rep. Dan Boren [D-OK]	Rep. Leonard Boswell [D-IA]	Rep. Charles Boustany [R-LA]
Rep. Bruce Braley [D-IA]	Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Scott DesJarlais [R-TN]
Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]	Rep. Jeff Fortenberry [R-NE]	Rep. Jim Gerlach [R-PA]	Rep. Morgan Griffith [R-VA]
Rep. Brett Guthrie [R-KY]	Rep. Doc Hastings [R-WA]	Rep. Ruben Hinojosa [D-TX]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]
Rep. Larry Kissell [D-NC]	Rep. Tom Latham [R-IA]	Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]
Rep. Tom Marino [R-PA]	Rep. William Owens [D-NY]	Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]	Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]
Rep. Mike Ross [D-AR]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Austin Scott [R-GA]
Rep. David Scott [D-GA]	Rep. Lee Terry [R-NE]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Allen West [R-FL]
Rep. Lynn Westmoreland [R-GA]	Rep. Ed Whitfield [R-KY]	Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]	Sen. Todd Young [R-IN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-03-22	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2012-03-20	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2012-03-20	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2012-03-20	House	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.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/4215/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr4215/BILLS-112hr4215ih.pdf