To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for hospital and insurer price transparency.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for hospital and insurer price transparency., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Finance, Government Operations.
Who Benefits and How
health care providers and patients may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, health care providers and patients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H6F8FB920D9A54515913007EBE811D29C: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Health Care Prices Revealed and Information to Consumers Explained Transparency Act or the Health Care PRICE...
- Section HF6B57DCAD5724B61BC722454624412DD: 2. Price transparency requirements Section 2718(e) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg–18(e)) is amended— by striking Each hospital and inserting...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for hospital and insurer price transparency., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare, Finance, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
This bill, To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for hospital and insurer price transparency., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- health care providers and patients
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- health care providers and patients
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Davidson introduced the following bill; which was referred to …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → The Secretary identified in the operative section
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
the rate for an item or service that a plan or issuer uses to determine a participant’s, beneficiary’s, or enrollee’s cost-sharing liability from a particular provider or providers, when the rate is different from the negotiated rate
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