US Congress Senate Bill 301 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-1)
Status: Introduced on January 22 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-01-22 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Physician Payments Sunshine Act of 2009 - Amends part A (General Provisions) of title XI of the Social Security Act to provide for transparency in the relationship between physicians and applicable manufacturers with respect to payments and other transfers of value and physician ownership or investment interests in manufacturers. Requires any manufacturer of a covered drug, device, biological, or medical supply that makes a payment or another transfer of value to a physician, a physician medical practice, or a physician group practice to report annually, in electronic form, specified information on such transactions to the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Requires any such manufacturer, or related group purchasing organization, also to report annually to the Secretary, in electronic form, certain information regarding any ownership or investment interest (other than in a publicly traded security and mutual fund) held by a physician (or an immediate family member) in the manufacturer or group purchasing organization during the preceding year. Prescribes administrative penalties for failure to comply with these requirements. Requires report submission procedures to ensure public availability of required information on a website.

Physician Payments Sunshine Act of 2009

Sen. Jeff Bingaman [D-NM]	Sen. Al Franken [D-MN]	Sen. Chuck Grassley [R-IA]	Sen. Edward Kennedy [D-MA]
Sen. John Kerry [D-MA]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Herb Kohl [D-WI]	Sen. Claire McCaskill [D-MO]
Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]	Sen. Tom Udall [D-NM]	Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-01-22		Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
2009-01-22		Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S787-788)

HB3138 (Related) 2009-07-10 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/301/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/s301/BILLS-111s301is.pdf