Requiring Disclosure of Gifts and Payments to Health Care Professionals : A Legal Overview.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional law.

Courts.

Financial disclosure.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (16 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2009.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Outlines AMA guidelines addressing gifts to physicians from the pharmaceutical industry, and describes selected State disclosure laws already in effect. Discusses proposed Federal legislation, in particular, S. 301 and H.R. 3138, both the Physician Payments Sunshine Act of 2009. Analyzes potential legal and constitutional considerations associated with a Federal disclosure requirement, including how a court may evaluate a Federal disclosure requirement, if it were challenged on First Amendment grounds.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Requiring Disclosure of Gifts and Payments to Health Care Professionals

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.