group health plan or a health insurance issuer offering group or individual health insurance coverage to provide a consumer decision-support tool. (c) Rules of construction regarding privacy (1) Nothing in this section shall be construed to alter existing obligations of a covered entity or business associate under the privacy, security, and breach notification regulations in parts 160 and 164 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations). (2) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a group health plan, a health insurance issuer offering group or individual health insurance coverage, or an entity providing pharmacy benefit management services to share protected health information, as defined in section 160.103 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations), with a covered third party. . (b) ERISA (1) In general Subpart B of part 7 of subtitle B of title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ( 29 U.S.C. 1185 et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 726. Prohibition on blocking consumer decision-support tools (a) In general A group health plan or a health insurance issuer offering group health insurance coverage shall not enter into a contract with an entity that provides pharmacy benefit management services with respect to such plan or coverage if such contract includes any terms, conditions, or costs that would prevent or restrict a covered third party from accessing or using information, for purposes of the consumer decision-support tool, relevant to the operability, implementation, and utilization of the consumer-decision support tool regarding prescription drug benefits under the plan or coverage that are administered by the entity providing pharmacy benefit management services in contract with the plan or issuer. (b) Definitions In this section: (1) Consumer decision-support tool The term consumer decision-support tool means a tool designed to inform participants and beneficiaries in a group health plan or