; or (2) fails to clearly state that the entity providing pharmacy benefit management services is required to provide data required under paragraph (1) in machine readable format for the operability, implementation, and utilization of any such consumer decision-support tool at no cost (direct or indirect) to the group health plan, health insurance issuer, or the third party providing such consumer decision support. (b) Consumer decision-Support tool In this section, the term consumer decision-support tool means a tool designed to inform participants and beneficiaries in a group health plan or health insurance coverage about all costs for prescription drugs covered by the plan or coverage, including out-of-pocket, copayment, and coinsurance responsibility, as well as additional savings opportunities through other channels such as manufacturer copayment assistance, cash price, and mail order pharmacy benefits. . (2) Clerical amendment The table of contents in section 1 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ( 29 U.S.C. 1001 et seq. ) is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 725 the following: Sec. 726. Prohibition on blocking consumer decision-support tools. . (c) Internal Revenue Code (1) In general Subchapter B of chapter 100 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 9826. Prohibition on blocking consumer decision-support tools (a) In general A group health plan 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 if such contract— (1) includes any terms, conditions, or costs that would prevent or restrict a third party who is in contract with the plan to provide a consumer decision-support tool from using relevant information regarding prescription drug benefits under the plan that are administered by the entity providing pharmacy benefit management services in contract with the plan