Provider Payment Sunshine Act

Bill: 114-s-2153
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2015-10-07
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Business records

Government information and archives

Health personnel

Health technology, devices, supplies

Medicaid

Medical ethics

Medicare

Nursing
Latest action: action_date: 2015-10-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-10-07
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Provider Payment Sunshine Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends title XI (General Provisions) of the Social Security Act to expand reporting requirements related to the transparency of physician ownership or investment interests.</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 &ldquo;covered recipient,&rdquo; defined as either a physician who is not an employee of the manufacturer or a teaching hospital. The bill expands the definition of &ldquo;covered recipient&rdquo; to also include any of the following practitioners who is not an employee of the manufacturer: (1) a physician assistant, (2) a nurse practitioner, (3) a clinical nurse specialist, (4) certified registered nurse anesthetist, or (5) a certified nurse-midwife.</p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2153 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES October 7, 2015 Mr. Grassley (for himself and Mr. Blumenthal ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to require applicable manufacturers to include information regarding payments made to physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and other advance practice nurses in transparency reports submitted under section 1128G of such Act.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Provider Payment Sunshine Act . 2. Inclusion of information regarding payments to advance practice nurses in transparency reports (a) In general Section 1128G(e)(6) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a–7h(e)(6)) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A), by adding at the end the following new clauses: (iii) A physician assistant, nurse practitioner, or clinical nurse specialist (as such terms are defined in section 1861(aa)(5)). (iv) A certified registered nurse anesthetist (as defined in section 1861(bb)(2)). (v) A certified nurse-midwife (as defined in section 1861(gg)(2)). ; and (2) in subparagraph (B), by inserting , physician assistant, nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist, certified nurse anesthetist, or certified nurse-midwife after physician . (b) Effective date The amendments made by subsection (a) 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 2017.