HR7496-119

In Committee

Health Investment Zones Act of 2026

119th Congress Introduced Feb 11, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Health Investment Zones Act of 2026, 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 H0AC6A46506204EB5AE6F1D9E6FAA57D6: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Health Investment Zones Act of 2026.
  • Section H1ABA4079096C4F758448E64A52F1344E: 2. Designation of Health Investment Zones Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall, pursuant to applications...
  • Section H89C3A5F7E4AA4B109035154DFFC20707: 3. Tax incentives Section 51(d)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking or at the end of subparagraph (I), by striking the period at the...
  • Section H13378A4CD38240ADB111D159FE86F79E: 25G. Credit for qualified Health Investment Zone workers In the case of a qualified Health Investment Zone worker, there shall be allowed as a credit against...
  • Section H87015B737CE4427C8C009F8F06081FF2: 4. Grants For each area designated as a Health Investment Zone, the Secretary may award a grant to the community-based nonprofit organization or local...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Health Investment Zones Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Key Policy Areas

Healthcare, Finance, Government Operations

Primary Purpose

This bill, Health Investment Zones Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Policy Domains

Healthcare Finance Government Operations

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • health care providers and patients
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health care providers and patients: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • health care providers and patients
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federal implementing agencies: ,
health care providers and patients: ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Feb 11, 2026

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in …

Feb 11, 2026

Introduced in House

Feb 11, 2026

Mr. Harder of California introduced the following bill; which was …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Healthcare Finance Government Operations
Actor Mappings
"secretary_of_education"
→ Secretary of Education
"secretary_of_health_and_human_services"
→ Secretary of Health and Human Services

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

3 terms
"freestanding physician office or clinic" §H1805457ED3054B3C82241C51E80B592A

a clinic that— bills by place of service code 11 (office) or 22 (independent clinic) in the physician fee schedule under section 1848

"eligible Health Investment Zone practitioner" §H9D06FE1DBE734456BD2DF817FA448B92

a Health Investment Zone practitioner who— agrees to provide full-time health care services in a Health Investment Zone for a specified period that is not less than 1 year

"Health Investment Zone practitioner" §HB3A134E20F4649658226F2E409A575E8

a health care practitioner who— is licensed or certified in accordance with applicable State law to treat patients in the applicable Health Investment Zone

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