Know the Price Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1577
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2019-05-21
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions

Health care costs and insurance

Health care coverage and access

Health care quality

Health information and medical records
Latest action: action_date: 2019-05-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-05-21
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Know the Price Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits private health insurance plans from entering an agreement with a service provider, network of providers, or third-party administrator that restricts the plan from sharing cost or quality of care information.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1577 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 A BILL To amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit certain contracts between health insurance plans or issuers and health care providers.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Know the Price Act of 2019 . 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: 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. .