‘‘(3) MANNER
OF
PUBLICATION.—Rate and 
payment information required to be made available 
under this subsection shall be so made available in 
dollar amounts through 3 separate machine-readable 
files (or any successor technology, such as applica-
tion program interface technology, determined ap-
propriate by the Secretary) corresponding to the in-
formation described in each of subparagraphs (A) 
through (C) of paragraph (2) that meet such re-
quirements as specified by the Secretary. Such re-
quirements shall ensure that such files are limited to 
an appropriate size, do not include disclosure of un-
necessary duplicative information contained in other 
files made available under this subsection, are made 
available in a widely-available format through a pub-
licly-available website that allows for information 
contained in such files to be compared across group 
health plans and group and individual health insur-
ance coverage, and are accessible to individuals at no 
cost and without the need to establish a user ac-
count or provide other credentials. 
‘‘(4) USER INSTRUCTIONS.—Each group health 
plan and group health insurance coverage shall make 
available to the public instructions written in plain 
language explaining how individuals may search for 
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information described in paragraph (2) in files sub-
mitted in accordance with paragraph (3). The Sec-
retary shall develop and publish a template that 
such a plan or coverage may use in developing in-
structions for purposes of the preceding sentence. 
‘‘(5) ATTESTATION.—Each group health plan 
and group health insurance coverage shall post, 
along with rate and payment information made pub-
lic by such plan or coverage, an attestation that such 
information is complete and accurate. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 
‘‘(1) PARTICIPATING
PROVIDER.—The term 
‘participating provider’ has the meaning given such 
term in section 2791A–1(a)(3)(G)(ii). 
‘‘(2) IN-NETWORK
RATE.—The term ‘in-net-
work rate’ means, with respect to a health plan or 
coverage and an item or service furnished by a pro-
vider that is a participating provider with respect to 
such plan and item or service, the contracted rate in 
effect between such plan or coverage and such pro-
vider for such item or service.’’. 
(B) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of 
contents in section 1 of the Employee Retire-
ment Income Security Act of 1974 is amended 
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by striking the item relating to section 719 and 
inserting the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 719. Price transparency requirements.’’. 
(b) ACCESSIBILITY THROUGH IMPLEMENTATION.— 
In implementing the amendments made by subsection (a), 
the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, and the Secretary of Labor shall take 
reasonable steps to ensure the accessibility of information 
made available pursuant to such amendments, including 
reasonable steps to ensure that such information is pro-
vided in plain, easily understandable language and that 
interpretation, translations, and assistive services are pro-
vided by group health plans and health insurance issuers 
offering group or individual health insurance coverage to 
make such information accessible to those with limited 
English proficiency and those with disabilities. 
(c) CONTINUED APPLICABILITY OF RULES FOR PRE-
VIOUS YEARS.—Nothing in the amendments made by sub-
section (a) may be construed as affecting the applicability 
of the rule entitled ‘‘Transparency in Coverage’’ published 
by the Department of the Treasury, the Department of 
Labor, and the Department of Health and Human Serv-
ices on November 12, 2020 (85 Fed. Reg. 72158) for any 
plan year beginning before the date that is 2 years after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
Æ 
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