Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Know the Price Act of 2019”.
Know the Price Act of 2019
A BILL
To amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit certain contracts between health insurance plans or issuers and health care providers.
Sec. 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.”