S.Amdt. 3136

SA 3136. Mr. KING submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 3060 proposed by Mr. Wyden to the bill H.R. 3474, to amend
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow employers to exempt
employees with health coverage under TRICARE or the Veterans
Administration from being taken into account for purposes of the
employer mandate under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act;
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in the amendment, insert the
following:

SEC. __. REQUIREMENTS WITH RESPECT TO MEDICAL DEVICE PRICING.

(a) Prohibition on Confidentiality Clauses With Respect to
Pricing.--A medical device manufacturer may not require
hospitals or other buyers to sign purchasing agreements that
contain confidentiality clauses restricting such hospitals or
buyers from revealing to third parties the prices paid for
medical devices.
(b) Reporting on Sales Prices.--The Secretary of Health and
Human Services shall require medical device manufacturers to
submit to such Secretary a quarterly report on the average
and median sales prices of covered devices, as defined in
section 1128G(e) of the Social Security Act.
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