Know the Lowest Price Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6144
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-35]
Introduced: 2018-06-19
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance

Health care coverage and access

Insurance industry and regulation

Medicare

Prescription drugs
Latest action: action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-06-19
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Know the Lowest Price Act of 2018</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits a health-benefits plan or pharmacy-benefits manager under Medicare or Medicare Advantage&nbsp;from restricting a pharmacy from informing an enrollee of any difference between the price of a drug under the plan and the price of the drug without health-insurance coverage.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6144 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 19, 2018 Mr. Doggett introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce , and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to prohibit health plans and pharmacy benefit managers from restricting pharmacies from informing individuals regarding the prices for certain drugs and biologicals.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Know the Lowest Price Act of 2018 . 2. Prohibition on limiting certain information on drug prices (a) In general Section 1860D–4 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395w–104 ) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (m) Prohibition on limiting certain information on drug prices A PDP sponsor and a Medicare Advantage organization shall ensure that— (1) any health benefits plan offered by the sponsor or organization, including a prescription drug plan and an MA–PD plan, does not restrict a pharmacy that dispenses a prescription drug or biological from informing (or penalize such pharmacy for informing) an enrollee of any differential between the price of the drug or biological to the enrollee under the plan and the price the individual would pay for the drug or biological if the enrollee obtained the drug without using any health insurance coverage; and (2) any entity that provides pharmacy benefits management services under a contract with any health benefits plan offered by the sponsor or organization does not, with respect to such plan or any health benefits plan that the entity contracts with to provide pharmacy benefits management services and that is offered by an entity other than such sponsor or organization, restrict a pharmacy that dispenses a prescription drug or biological from informing (or penalize such pharmacy for informing) an enrollee of any differential between the price of the drug or biological to the enrollee under the plan and the price the individual would pay for the drug or biological if the enrollee obtained the drug without using any health insurance coverage. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2020.