THE “HEALTH CARE PROVIDER NETWORK TRANSPARENCY ACT”; ESTABLISHES REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTING ACCESS TO CERTAIN HEALTH CARE PROVIDER DISCOUNTS. This bill establishes requirements for granting access to provider discounts under a provider network contract, in order to prevent the improper selling or leasing of these contractual discounts, under what is commonly known as a “silent PPO (preferred provider organization)” arrangement. The bill imposes a registration requirement on contracting entities as defined in the bill, and allows them to grant to third parties access to the network discounts that they have negotiated with providers, which are defined to include physicians, hospitals, and certain other health care providers, only under certain circumstances and with certain disclosures.