Neonatal Care Transparency Act of 2026
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, Neonatal Care Transparency Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Technology, Foreign Policy.
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 H6B915716A0D44C6E9E53BEC6A5D64DE4: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Neonatal Care Transparency Act of 2026.
- Section H34DA53345CDC451D99E2DB02834C78B5: 2. Findings Congress finds as follows: Different hospitals have varying capacities to resuscitate premature babies. There are parents of premature babies who...
- Section HEBB5B6982FF241ACA131CDB594913123: 3. Disclosure requirements Each hospital shall publicly disclose the policy of such hospital regarding the provision of life-saving care to an infant in the...
- Section HCCA36633493E4C528808B7CEE94B4DE4: 4. Hospital disclosures regarding care for premature births Section 1866(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395cc(a)(1)) is amended— by moving...
- Section H3E9747AFC44645389F9FEED0E2D5D60C: 5. Prohibiting Federal Medicaid and CHIP funding for hospitals and obstetrics providers that do not satisfy disclosure requirements Section 1903(i) of the...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, Neonatal Care Transparency Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare, Technology, Foreign Policy
Primary Purpose
This bill, Neonatal Care Transparency Act of 2026, 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
In CommitteeReferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in …
Introduced in House
Mr. Mackenzie introduced the following bill; which was referred to …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "federal_implementing_agencies"
- → Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill
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