Health ACCESS Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
Creates an anti-kickback safe harbor for certain health care information service providers that help consumers choose providers without steering or other prohibited conduct.
Who Benefits and How
Information service providers and participating providers could operate certain provider-matching or directory services with clearer legal protection under federal anti-kickback rules.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Information service providers would have to comply with detailed limits on steering, contact sharing, transportation, remuneration, and targeted marketing to qualify for the safe harbor.
Key Provisions
- Adds a safe harbor for remuneration paid to qualifying information service providers.
- Conditions the safe harbor on neutrality, limits on consumer contact sharing, and bans on certain marketing and transportation arrangements.
- Defines information service provider and consumer-related restrictions within the anti-kickback statute.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Creates an anti-kickback safe harbor for certain health care information service providers that help consumers choose providers without steering or other prohibited conduct.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare, Technology, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
Creates an anti-kickback safe harbor for certain health care information service providers that help consumers choose providers without steering or other prohibited conduct.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Information service providers and participating providers using compliant consumer-navigation tools
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Information service providers subject to detailed safe-harbor conditions
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Moore of Utah (for himself, Mr. Schneider, Ms. Tenney, …
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in …
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Information service providers operating compliant provider-navigation tools, Information service providers subject to detailed safe-harbor conditions
Positive-direction: Information service providers operating compliant provider-navigation tools
Negative-direction: Information service providers subject to detailed safe-harbor conditions
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
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