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H.R. 6143 (115th): Patient Right to Know Drug Prices Act

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To ensure that health insurance issuers and group health plans do not prohibit pharmacy providers from providing certain information to enrollees.

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Sponsor and status

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Lloyd Doggett

Sponsor. Representative for Texas's 35th congressional district. Democrat.

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Last Updated: Jun 19, 2018
Length: 3 pages
Introduced
Jun 19, 2018
115th Congress (2017–2019)
Status
Enacted Via Other Measures

Provisions of this bill were incorporated into other bills which were enacted.

Cosponsors

31 Cosponsors (30 Democrats, 1 Republican)

See Instead

S. 2554 (same title)
Enacted — Signed by the President — Oct 10, 2018

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History

Jun 19, 2018
 
Introduced

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Sep 17, 2018
 
Companion Bill — Passed Senate (House next)

This activity took place on a related bill, S. 2554 (115th), possibly in lieu of similar activity on H.R. 6143 (115th).
Sep 25, 2018
 
Companion Bill — Passed House

This activity took place on a related bill, S. 2554 (115th), possibly in lieu of similar activity on H.R. 6143 (115th).
Oct 10, 2018
 
Companion Bill — Enacted — Signed by the President

This activity took place on a related bill, S. 2554 (115th), possibly in lieu of similar activity on H.R. 6143 (115th).

H.R. 6143 (115th) was a bill in the United States Congress.

A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.

Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number H.R. 6143. This is the one from the 115th Congress.

This bill was introduced in the 115th Congress, which met from Jan 3, 2017 to Jan 3, 2019. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.

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