To provide for increased oversight of entities that provide pharmacy benefit management services on behalf of group health plans and health insurance coverage.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To provide for increased oversight of entities that provide pharmacy benefit management services on behalf of group health plans and health insurance coverage., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Finance, Labor.
Who Benefits and How
health care providers and patients may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, health care providers and patients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H00196EA579FC4D489D93755B2441E5C5: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Patient Right to Shop Act.
- Section H3655B6FAAEE04302BB04B19FCD3A9A6E: 2. Prohibition on blocking consumer decision-support tools Part D of title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg–111 et seq.) is amended by...
- Section HD97D646A93DC4182BA068DFCF6B8ACCE: 2799A–11. Prohibition on blocking consumer decision-support tools A group health plan or a health insurance issuer offering group or individual health...
- Section H27A8FB2283C144C7952FB7E6950B1903: 726. Prohibition on blocking consumer decision-support tools A group health plan or a health insurance issuer offering group health insurance coverage shall...
- Section H3C3901B9004442EF81306F45B9B2FFA8: 9826. Prohibition on blocking consumer decision-support tools A group health plan offering group health insurance coverage shall not enter into a contract with...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To provide for increased oversight of entities that provide pharmacy benefit management services on behalf of group health plans and health insurance coverage., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare, Finance, Labor
Primary Purpose
This bill, To provide for increased oversight of entities that provide pharmacy benefit management services on behalf of group health plans and health insurance coverage., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- health care providers and patients
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- health care providers and patients
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMrs. Harshbarger (for herself and Ms. Manning) introduced the following …
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "secretary_of_labor"
- → Secretary of Labor
- "secretary_of_treasury"
- → Secretary of the Treasury
- "secretary_of_health_and_human_services"
- → Secretary of Health and Human Services
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