Fighting the Opioid Epidemic with Sunshine Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2891
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2018-05-22
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Business ethics

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Health information and medical records

Health personnel

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Medical ethics

Nursing
Latest action: action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-05-22
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p> <b>Fighting the Opioid Epidemic with Sunshine Act of 2018</b></p> <p>This bill expands Medicaid and Medicare 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) a certified registered nurse anesthetist, or (5) a certified nurse-midwife.</p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2891 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 22, 2018 Mr. Grassley (for himself, Mr. Brown , 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 Fighting the Opioid Epidemic with Sunshine Act of 2018 . 2. Improvements to transparency reports (a) Inclusion of information regarding payments to advance practice nurses (1) In general Section 1128G(e)(6) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a–7h(e)(6)) is amended— (A) 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 (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting , physician assistant, nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist, certified nurse anesthetist, or certified nurse-midwife after physician . (2) Effective date The amendments made by this subsection 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 or after January 1, 2020. (b) Sunset of exclusion of National Provider Identifier of covered recipient in information made publicly available Section 1128G(c)(1)(C)(viii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a–7h(c)(1)(C)(viii)) is amended by striking does not contain and inserting in the case of information made available under this subparagraph prior to January 1, 2020, does not contain . (c) Administration Chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, shall not apply to this section or the amendments made by this section.