[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3000 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3000

 To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to make improvements to 
 the transparency report requirements under section 1128G of such Act.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 6, 2018

Mrs. McCaskill introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to make improvements to 
 the transparency report requirements under section 1128G of such Act.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Patient Advocacy Transparency Act''.

SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION REGARDING PAYMENTS TO CERTAIN 
              ORGANIZATIONS IN TRANSPARENCY REPORTS.

    (a) Information.--Section 1128G(a)(1)(A)(vi) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a-7h(a)(1)(A)(vi)) is amended--
            (1) in subclause (XIV), by striking ``grant; or'' and 
        inserting ``grant, including an education grant or capacity 
        building grant;'';
            (2) by redesignating subclause (XV) as subclause (XVIII); 
        and
            (3) by inserting after subclause (XIV) the following new 
        subclauses:
                                    ``(XV) fundraising event 
                                sponsorship;
                                    ``(XVI) meeting or conference 
                                expenses that are not otherwise 
                                included in another subclause of this 
                                clause;
                                    ``(XVII) funding of marketing, 
                                public relations activities, placement 
                                on television programs or internet 
                                websites, or social media support; 
                                or''.
    (b) Covered Recipient.--Section 1128G(e)(6)(A) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a-7h(e)(6)(A)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new clauses:
                            ``(iii) A professional society of health 
                        care providers or pharmacists.
                            ``(iv) A patient advocacy organization, 
                        consumer advocacy organization, voluntary 
                        health agency, or a coalition of such 
                        organizations, including a disease-specific 
                        advocacy organization.
                            ``(v) A patient education organization.
                            ``(vi) A provider of continuing education, 
                        including a medical education or communications 
                        company.
                            ``(vii) A clinical trial organization.
                            ``(viii) An education accreditation 
                        organization.
                            ``(ix) A co-pay assistance organization or 
                        other organization providing financial 
                        assistance to patients.
                            ``(x) A foundation established by an entity 
                        described in any of clauses (iii) through 
                        (ix).''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply with respect to information required to be submitted under 
section 1128G of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a-7h) on the 
90th day of each calendar year beginning with 2023.
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