Improving Transparency to Lower Drug Costs Act of 2021
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to publish certain payment information regarding pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and prescription drugs. Specifically, the CMS must publish certain information, as reported by PBMs, relating to generic dispensing rates, drug discounts and rebates, and payments between PBMs, health plans, and pharmacies, in accordance with specified confidentiality requirements.
| Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-06-02 | Committee | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House committee actions |
| 2021-06-01 | Committee | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House committee actions |
| 2021-06-01 | IntroReferral | 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. | House floor actions |
| 2021-06-01 | IntroReferral | 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. | House floor actions |
| 2021-06-01 | IntroReferral | Introduced in House | Library of Congress |