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The Government in the Sunshine Act (Pub. L. 94–409, 90 Stat. 1241, enacted September 13, 1976, 5 U.S.C. § 552b) is a U.S. law passed in 1976 that affects the operations of the federal government, Congress, federal commissions, and other legally constituted federal bodies.
The Sunshine Act requires manufacturers of drugs, medical devices, biological and medical supplies covered by the three federal health care programs Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) to collect and track all financial relationships with physicians and teaching hospitals and to report these data to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
These bills were reintroduced in 111th Congress as the Physician Payments Sunshine Act of 2009 (S. 301 and H.R. 3138), again by Senator Chuck Grassley and in the House of Representatives by Rep. Baron Hill (D-Indiana). The bills all aimed to replace the differing state legislations with a single law, common to all 50 states.
Sunshine Protection Act of 2023 H.R. 1279: March 1, 2023 Vern Buchanan (R‑FL 16th) 38 Died in committee S. 582: March 1, 2023 Marco Rubio (R‑FL) 18 Died in committee 119th Congress: Sunshine Protection Act of 2025 H.R. 139: January 3, 2025 Vern Buchanan (R‑FL 16th) 11 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. S. 29: January ...
The House "Federal Reserve Sunshine Act of 2009" by Paul , and the Senate "Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2009" by Sanders , require the Federal Reserve to publish information on financial assistance provided to various entities during the 2008 bailout. This bill creates a website listing all banks that have borrowed from the Fed since ...
Exemptions to the Sunshine Law are few. The Sunshine Review Act of 1995 applies to meetings. According to that Act, an exemption must fit within one of three categories of identifiable public purposes, and must be seen as compelling enough to override a strong presumption of openness (Section 119.15(2), Florida Statutes).
Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020, enacted March 6, 2020; $8.8 billion; Families First Coronavirus Response Act, enacted March 18, 2020; $104 billion; CARES Act, enacted March 27, 2020; $2.2 trillion; HEROES Act, passed by the House of Representatives on May 15, 2020, but never enacted into law; $3 trillion
As of April 14, 2020, 11.41 million people had signed up through the health insurance marketplaces. [5] Private non-ACA health care exchanges also exist in many states, responsible for enrolling 3 million people. [6] These exchanges predate the Affordable Care Act and facilitate insurance plans for employees of small and medium size businesses.