A bill to require private health plans to provide for secure electronic transmission of prior authorization requests for prescription drugs.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4349 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4349 To require private health plans to provide for secure electronic transmission of prior authorization requests for prescription drugs. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 15, 2024 Mr. Marshall (for himself, Mr. Lujan, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Manchin, and Mr. Whitehouse) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require private health plans to provide for secure electronic transmission of prior authorization requests for prescription drugs. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. ELECTRONIC PRIOR AUTHORIZATION FOR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. (a) PHSA.--Part D of title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg-111 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``SEC. 2799A-11. ELECTRONIC PRIOR AUTHORI…