Patients’ Right to Know Their Medication Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5133 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5133 To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act regarding the patient medication information required to be included in the labeling of prescription drugs, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 4, 2025 Mr. Bentz (for himself and Mr. Golden of Maine) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act regarding the patient medication information required to be included in the labeling of prescription drugs, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Patients' Right to Know Their Medication Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) Prescription medications are important to the health and well-being of the American public. (2) According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 48.9 percent of Americans used at least one prescription drug in the past 30 days. (3) The utilization of prescription drugs can subject patients to adverse drug events; therefore, patient safety is of the utmost importance. (4) Studies indicate that paper format patient medication information (PMI) can help protect patients and prevent the majority of costly adverse drug events. (5) In addition to bolstering patient safety, the mandatory use of a standardized PMI provided to all patients in nonhospital settings could reduce costs associated with emergency room visits and hospital admissions related to adverse drug events by $14.6 to $26.2 billion dollars annually. (6) Many patients cann