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.

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.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5539 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5539

      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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 18, 2014

  Mr. Burgess (for himself and Ms. Schwartz) introduced the following 
 bill; which was 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

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                                 A BILL


 
      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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. EXEMPTING FROM MANUFACTURER TRANSPARENCY REPORTING CERTAIN 
              TRANSFERS USED FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES.

    (a) In General.--Section 1128G(e)(10)(B) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1320a-7h(e)(10)(B)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (iii), by inserting ``, including peer-
        reviewed journals, journal reprints, journal supplements, and 
        medical textbooks'' after ``patient use''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new clause:
                            ``(xiii) A transfer of anything of value to 
                        a covered recipient who is a physician if the 
                        thing of value is intended solely for purposes 
                        of providing continuing medical education to 
                        the physician.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply with respect to transfers of value made on or after the date of 
the enactment of this Act.
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