,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #bhia  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #bb1      
#bjah,mr4 ,grassley 7for himself1 ,mr4  
,brown1 and ,mr4 ,blumenthal7 introduced
 the following bill2 which was read     
twice and referred to the ,committee on 
,finance  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title    
,,xi of the ,social ,security ,act to   
require applicable manufacturers to     
include information regarding payments  
made to physician assistants1 nurse     
practitioners1 and other advance        
practice nurses in transparency reports 
submitted under section #aabh;,g of such
 ,act4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may 
be cited as the ,fighting the ,opioid   
,epidemic with ,sunshine ,act of #bjah4 
#b4 ,improvements to transparency       
reports  7a7 ,inclusion of information  
regarding payments to advance practice  
nurses  7#a7 ,in general ,section       
#aabh;,g7e77#f7 of the ,social ,security
 ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4                    
#acbj;a-#g;h7e77#f77 is amended-- 7,a7  

in subparagraph 7,a71 by adding at the  
end the following new clauses3  7iii7 ,a
 physician assistant1 nurse             
practitioner1 or clinical nurse         
specialist 7as such terms are defined in
 section #ahfa7;aa77#e774  7iv7 ,a      
certified registered nurse anesthetist  
7as defined in section #ahfa7;bb77#b774 
7v7 ,a certified nurse-midwife 7as      
defined in section #ahfa7;gg77#b774  2  
and  7,b7 in subparagraph 7,b71 by      
inserting 1 physician assistant1 nurse  
practitioner1 clinical nurse specialist1
 certified nurse anesthetist1 or        
certified nurse-midwife after physician4
  7#b7 ,effective date ,the amendments  
made by this subsection shall apply with
 respect to information required to be  
submitted under section #aabh;,g of the 
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#acbj;a-#g;h7 on or after ,january #a1  
#bjbj4  7b7 ,sunset of exclusion of     
,national ,provider ,identifier of      
covered recipient in information made   
publicly available ,section             

#aabh;,g7c77#a77;,c77viii7 of the       
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#acbj;a-#g;h7c77#a77;,c77viii77 is      
amended by striking does not contain and
 inserting in the case of information   
made available under this subparagraph  
prior to ,january #a1 #bjbj1 does not   
contain4  7c7 ,administration ,chapter  
#ce of title #dd1 ,united ,states ,code1
 shall not apply to this section or the 
amendments made by this section4