[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1577 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1577

 To amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit certain contracts 
  between health insurance plans or issuers and health care providers.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 21, 2019

Mr. Cassidy (for himself and Mr. Bennet) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit certain contracts 
  between health insurance plans or issuers and health care providers.

    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 ``Know the Price Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT.

    Subpart II of part A of title XXVII of the Public Health Service 
Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg-11 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:

``SEC. 2729A. PROVIDER CONTRACTS.

    ``(a) Information on Provider Alternatives.--A group health plan or 
a health insurance issuer offering group or individual health insurance 
coverage shall not enter into an agreement with a provider, network or 
association of providers, third-party administrator, or other service 
provider that would, directly or indirectly--
            ``(1) restrict the group health plan or health insurance 
        issuer from providing price or quality information, through a 
        consumer engagement tool or any other means, to providers or 
        the sponsor, enrollees, or potential enrollees of the plan or 
        coverage; or
            ``(2) restrict the group health plan or health insurance 
        issuer from sharing data described in paragraph (1) with a 
        third party, for plan management purposes.''.
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