US Congress House Bill 5539 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on September 18 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-09-19 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amends title XI (General Provisions, Peer Review, Administrative Simplification) of the Social Security Act to exempt from manufacturer transparency reporting to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) any transfer of value to a covered recipient of: (1) peer-reviewed journals, journal reprints, journal supplements, and medical textbooks that directly benefit patients or are intended for patient use; and (2) anything of value to a physician if it is intended solely to provide continuing medical education.

To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to exempt from manufacturer transparency reporting certain transfers used for educational purposes, and for other purposes.

Rep. Michael Burgess [R-TX]	Rep. Dan Benishek [R-MI]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]
Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]	Rep. David Roe [R-TN]	Rep. Allyson Schwartz [D-PA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-09-19	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2014-09-18	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2014-09-18	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2014-09-18	House	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.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/5539/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr5539/BILLS-113hr5539ih.pdf