1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Patient Right to Shop Act . 2. Prohibition on blocking consumer decision-support tools (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: 2799A–11. Prohibition on blocking consumer decision-support tools (a) In general A group health plan or a health insurance issuer offering group or individual 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 enrollees in a group health plan or health insurance coverage about all costs to the enrollee for prescription drugs covered by the plan or coverage, including out-of-pocket, copayment, and coinsurance responsibility, as well as costs to the enrollee, such as purchasing at the cash price or purchasing through mail order pharmacy benefits. (2) Covered third party The term covered third party means a third party that is in contract, as a business associate (as defined in section 160.103 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations)), with a 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