115th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2553
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
AN ACT
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.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Know the Lowest Price Act of 2018
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Prohibition on limiting certain information on drug prices
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:
Prohibition on limiting certain information on drug prices
A PDP sponsor and a Medicare Advantage organization shall ensure that each prescription drug plan or MA–PD plan offered by the sponsor or organization does not restrict a pharmacy that dispenses a prescription drug or biological from informing, nor penalize such pharmacy for informing, an enrollee in such plan of any differential between the negotiated price of, or copayment or coinsurance for, the drug or biological to the enrollee under the plan and a lower price the individual would pay for the drug or biological if the enrollee obtained the drug without using any health insurance coverage.
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Effective date
The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2020.
Passed the Senate September 4, 2018.
Secretary
