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    <item congress="118" measure-type="s" measure-number="2493" measure-id="id118s2493" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2023-07-25" update-date="2024-10-09">
        <title>PBM Reporting Transparency Act</title>
        <summary summary-id="id118s2493v00" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2024-10-09">
            <action-date>2023-07-25</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[<p><strong>PBM Reporting Transparency Act</strong></p><p>This bill requires the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to report certain information about pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) under the Medicare prescription drug benefit and Medicare Advantage.</p><p>Specifically, the commission must report on trends in agreements between PBMs and prescription drug plans, the impact of any differences in agreements on out-of-pocket spending for enrollees and pharmacy reimbursements, and any appropriate recommendations. The commission must submit an updated report two years after its initial report.</p>]]></summary-text>
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