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H.R. 2296: More Efficient Tools to Realize Information for Consumers Act

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H.R. 2296: More Efficient Tools to Realize Information for Consumers Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-04-12 · Health · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 170.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-04-12 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 170. 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.

What does this mean?

Official title

More Efficient Tools to Realize Information for Consumers Act

Plain summary

More Efficient Tools to Realize Information for Consumers Act or the METRIC Act This bill requires prescription drug manufacturers to report, and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to publish, specified information related to prescription drug pricing and the pharmaceutical supply chain. Specifically, HHS must publish reports submitted by drug manufacturers that include the percentage of any wholesale drug price increase that is greater than 10% in one calendar year (or 25% over three consecutive years), an explanation for the price increase, and other data. HHS must enter agreements with other agencies, research organizations, and public and private health insurers to share data submitted to HHS by drug manufacturers about the identity and quantity of drug sample requests by health practitioners. HHS also must publish online aggregate data reported by pharmacy benefits managers (PBMs), including the percentage of prescriptions provided by mail-order, rate that generic versions of drugs are dispensed, and aggregate discounts, rebates, or price concessions negotiated. The bill requires the Federal Trade Commission to report about potentially anticompetitive practices by PBMs such as steering patients to certain pharmacies or designing price formulas that increase the market share of higher priced drugs, among other information. The report also must include recommendations to increase transparency and deter anticompetitive behavior. The bill further requires Medicare prescription drug plan sponsors to implement an electronic, real-time benefit tool that provides prescribers with patient-specific formulary and benefit information. Additionally, the bill expands certain price reporting requirements for prescription drug payments under Medicare.

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Official text

More Efficient Tools to Realize Information for Consumers Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] · 8 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 2296, METRIC Act (2019-09-18)

Cosponsors on this site

Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Lauren Underwood (D-IL), H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA), Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] reported raising $415,385 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr2296 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116