HR7569-119

In Committee

Punishing Health Care Fraudsters Act

119th Congress Introduced Feb 13, 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, Punishing Health Care Fraudsters Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Criminal Justice, Finance.

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 HA45E37F562434BE4B2B9035A41DC56B0: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Punishing Health Care Fraudsters Act.
  • Section H21F4905FD8CE4526A9713A53C1FE1F29: 2. Increased penalties for health care fraud under title 18 Section 1347 of title 18, United States Code, is amended, in the flush matter preceding subsection...
  • Section HA65A1276F37F4BF1B43858E3FBB09645: 3. Increased criminal penalties for acts involving Federal health care programs Section 1128B of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a–7b) is amended— by...
  • Section HB26631263331471B8FD031502DFE7F8F: 4. United States sentencing guidelines In this section, the term covered offense means— an offense under section 1347 of title 18, United States Code; and an...

Evidence Chain:

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

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Punishing Health Care Fraudsters Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Key Policy Areas

Healthcare, Criminal Justice, Finance

Primary Purpose

This bill, Punishing Health Care Fraudsters Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Policy Domains

Healthcare Criminal Justice Finance

Whole bill

Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • health care providers and patients
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • federal implementing agencies
  • health care providers and patients
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Feb 13, 2026

Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition …

Feb 13, 2026

Introduced in House

Feb 13, 2026

Mr. Bean of Florida 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 Criminal Justice Finance
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section

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