Machine readable report formats are due by June 1, 2027
Making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes, section 6224, Sec. 6224.
Written by .
Machine readable report formats are due by June 1, 2027
The document says “shall”Who acts: Secretary of Health and Human ServicesHow: statuteSec. 6224 in the PDF
What the document says
“Not later than June 1, 2027, the Secretary shall specify standard, machine-readable formats for pharmacy benefit managers to submit annual reports required under paragraph (1)(C)(i).”
By June 1, 2027 the Secretary must specify standard machine readable formats for the annual reports. The Secretary may implement this by program instruction or otherwise.
What the document actually says
“Not later than June 1, 2027, the Secretary shall specify standard, machine-readable formats for pharmacy benefit managers to submit annual reports required under paragraph (1)(C)(i).”
That sentence, in plain words
By June 1, 2027 the health chief must set the form these reports take. A computer must be able to read them.
What this is about
A report that comes as loose pages cannot be searched or added up. A set form makes the data usable.
No action is recorded against this proposal. That is not evidence that none has been taken, and nobody has yet read it against the record. See what the tracker does not yet cover.
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, Public Law 119-75, sec. 6224, 140 Stat. 670 (2026). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ75/html/PLAW-119publ75.htm
This page
“Machine readable report formats are due by June 1, 2027,” Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, section 6224, Sec. 6224. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/consolidated-appropriations-act-2026/proposal/sec6224-standard-formats/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
Cite the document when the claim is about what the document says. Cite this page when the indexing, the wording or the record of what has happened is what is being relied on.
How to Read This Page
The quotation is the document's own words, exactly as printed, checked against the page
number against the Act itself before publishing. The paragraph underneath is our summary,
not the document's words. So is the plain English version, which is why it sits beside the
quotation rather than replacing it.
