Physician Payments Sunshine Act of 2009

Summary

Physician Payments Sunshine Act of 2009 - Amends part A (General Provisions) of title XI of the Social Security Act to provide for transparency in the relationship between physicians and applicable manufacturers with respect to payments and other transfers of value and physician ownership or investment interests in manufacturers. Requires any manufacturer of a covered drug, device, biological, or medical supply that makes a payment or another transfer of value to a physician, a physician medical practice, or a physician group practice to report annually, in electronic form, specified information on such transactions to the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Requires any such manufacturer, or related group purchasing organization, also to report annually to the Secretary, in electronic form, certain information regarding any ownership or investment interest (other than in a publicly traded security and mutual fund) held by a physician (or an immediate family member) in the manufacturer or group purchasing organization during the preceding year. Prescribes administrative penalties for failure to comply with these requirements. Requires report submission procedures to ensure public availability of required information on a website.

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Timeline

1. 22 January 2009

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 22 January 2009

   Introduced

   Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S787-788)

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 22 January 2009

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

Votes

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 22 January 2009 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 22 January 2009

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 22 January 2009

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 22 January 2009

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Sponsors

• Chuck Grassley · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI] · D · Sponsor
• Amy Klobuchar · D · Sponsor
• Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] · D · Cosponsor
• Charles Schumer · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] · D · Cosponsor
• Sheldon Whitehouse · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] · D · Cosponsor
• Jeanne Shaheen · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] · D · Cosponsor
• · ssfi00 · Standing

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