A key Senate committee will consider a bill to that bans insurers from inserting “gag clauses” that forbid pharmacies from telling consumers of cheaper ways to buy pharmaceuticals.

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee will hold a hearing on July 25 on a series of bills, among them the Patient Right to Know Drug Prices Act. The committee will decide whether to advance the bill to the full Senate.

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