S3729-119

In Committee

PBM Reporting Transparency Act

119th Congress Introduced Jan 29, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, PBM Reporting Transparency Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Government Operations, Transportation.

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 S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the PBM Reporting Transparency Act.
  • Section idc157e724e70745489ecc6434be4a3efd: 2. MedPAC reports on agreements with pharmacy benefit managers with respect to prescription drug plans and MA–PD plans The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, PBM Reporting Transparency Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Key Policy Areas

Healthcare, Government Operations, Transportation

Primary Purpose

This bill, PBM Reporting Transparency Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Policy Domains

Healthcare Government Operations Transportation

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • health care providers and patients
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health care providers and patients: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • health care providers and patients
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Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Jan 29, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Jan 29, 2026

Introduced in Senate

Jan 29, 2026

Mr. Warner (for himself, Mr. Tillis, Ms. Cortez Masto, and …

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?

Domains
Healthcare Government Operations Transportation
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ The Secretary identified in the operative section
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section

We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.

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