,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dfbc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bb1 #bjbe,ms4 
,williams of ,georgia 7for herself1 ,mr4
 ,bacon1 ,ms4 ,craig1 and ,mr4 ,steil7  
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,energy  
and ,commerce1 and in addition to the   
,committee on ,ways and ,means1 for a   
period to be subsequently determined by 
the ,speaker1 in each case for          
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
require direct-to-consumer              
advertisements for prescription drugs   
and biological products to include      
truthful and not misleading pricing     
information4  #a4 ,short title ,this    
,act may be cited as the ,plain         
,prescription ,prices ,act4  #b4        
,regulating advertisements for          
prescription drug and biological product
 prices  7a7 ,in general ,not later than
 one year after the date of the         

enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
of ,health and ,human ,services1 acting 
through the ,administrator of the       
,centers for ,medicare  ,medicaid       
,services 7referred to in this section  
as the ,administrator71 shall promulgate
 regulations requiring each             
direct-to-consumer advertisement on     
television 7including broadcast1 cable1 
streaming1 and satellite television7 for
 a prescription drug or biological      
product for which payment is available  
under title ,,xviii or ,,xix of the     
,social ,security ,act to include a     
textual statement1 which shall be       
truthful and not misleading1 indicating 
the list price1 as determined on the    
first day of the quarter during which   
the advertisement is being aired or     
otherwise broadcast1 for a typical      
#cj-;day regimen or typical course of   
treatment 7whichever is most            
appropriate74  7b7 ,determinations ,in  
promulgating regulations under          
subsection 7a71 the ,administrator shall

 determine-- 7#a7 whether such          
regulations should apply with respect to
 additional forms of advertising2  7#b7 
the manner and format of textual        
statements described in such subsection2
  7#c7 appropriate enforcement          
mechanisms2 and  7#d7 whether such      
textual statements should include any   
other price information1 as appropriate4