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H.R. 2115: Public Disclosure of Drug Discounts and Real-Time Beneficiary Drug Cost Act

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H.R. 2115: Public Disclosure of Drug Discounts and Real-Time Beneficiary Drug Cost Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-04-08 · Health · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-04-08 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Spanberger, Abigail Davis [D-VA-7] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 586 (2019): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, HR2115 (2019-10-28), Passed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Public Disclosure of Drug Discounts and Real-Time Beneficiary Drug Cost Act

Plain summary

Public Disclosure of Drug Discounts and Real-Time Beneficiary Drug Cost Act This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to publish certain payment information regarding pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and prescription drugs. Specifically, the CMS must publish certain information, as reported by PBMs, relating to generic dispensing rates, drug discounts and rebates, and payments between PBMs, health plans, and pharmacies, in accordance with specified confidentiality requirements. The bill also provides statutory authority for certain provisions of the CMS rule titled "Modernizing Part D and Medicare Advantage to Lower Drug Prices and Reduce Out-of-Pocket Expenses," published on May 23, 2019. The rule requires, in part, Medicare prescription drug plan sponsors to implement an electronic, real-time benefit tool that is capable of integrating with at least one prescriber's electronic prescribing system or electronic health record. The tool must provide prescribers with patient-specific, real-time formulary and benefit information, including information regarding cost-sharing, formulary alternatives, and utilization management requirements. The rule takes effect January 1, 2021.

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Official text

Public Disclosure of Drug Discounts and Real-Time Beneficiary Drug Cost Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Spanberger, Abigail Davis [D-VA-7] · 5 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Jodey C. Arrington (R-TX), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI)

Recorded votes

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A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Rulemaking
The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.
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A written law passed by a legislature. A statute can be changed by a later law; changing a constitution needs an amendment.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr2115 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116