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<item congress="115" measure-type="s" measure-number="3565" measure-id="id115s3565" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2018-10-10" update-date="2018-11-07">
<title>Opioid Advocacy Transparency Act of 2018</title>
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<action-date>2018-10-10</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Opioid Advocacy Transparency Act of 2018</b></p> <p>This bill expands reporting requirements related to the ownership&nbsp;and investment interests of certain patient-advocacy organizations. </p> <p>Under current law, a manufacturer of drugs, devices, or medical supplies that are covered under Medicaid or Medicare must regularly report on any payment or transfer of value by the manufacturer to a "covered recipient," defined as either a physician who is not an employee of the manufacturer or a teaching hospital. The bill expands the definition of "covered recipient," for purposes of this requirement, to also include patient-advocacy organizations that advocate on&nbsp;issues related to opioids. Furthermore, with respect to&nbsp;transfers of value to&nbsp;such organizations, the bill subjects not only manufacturers but also pharmaceutical trade associations to&nbsp;the reporting requirement. </p>]]></summary-text>
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